Travelling Vietnam: Try Hanoi
The Capital of Vietnam Hanoi is one of the most exciting and absorbing cities I have ever visited. It is a city much defined by its streets. The locals live on them, their lives unfolding before our eyes as we…
Travelling Vietnam: Final Leg. An Entertaining Hours-Long Bus Ride
Saigon to Chau Doc The last leg of our Vietnam journey involved a six-and-a-half-hour bus trip from HCMC to Chau Doc. We planned to travel by ferry up the Mekong to Phnom Penh for the next instalment of our SE…
Travelling Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City
aka Saigon Saigon is a city I always wanted to see. During the Vietnam War, I used to imagine journalists holed up in hotel rooms, busy typing or telexing their foreign correspondent reports back to the West. My father was…
Travelling Vietnam: Hoi An
Hoi An … translates as “peaceful meeting place.” Indeed, the city’s serenity was captivating the moment we disembarked our 45-minute taxi ride from Danang. History – A UNESCO World Heritage site, this small ancient city sits on the banks of…
Traveling Vietnam: The Central Coast
Da Nang As we trained into Da Nang, one of the most eye-catching sights from my window seat was the view of “Lady Buddha Da Nang.” She is huge. At 67 metres high, she is the tallest Buddha statue in…
Travelling Vietnam: By Train
Hanoi – Da Nang. On the night train Recently selected by Lonely Planet as the leading journey among eight of the world’s great train journeys, The Reunification Express departs twice daily from Hanoi and travels the coastline down to Ho Chi Minh City over…
