PADDLING AROUND THE NINE DRAGONS RIVER DELTA In Vietnamese the Mekong River delta is known as the Nine Dragons delta, due to the nine branches the mighty Mekong splits into as it empties into the sea. This vast wetland region is in the far South-Eastern corner of Vietnam and […]
SEEING A DIFFERENT SIDE OF SAIGON Our sightseeing in Saigon (i.e. Ho Chi Minh City) yesterday took us around District 1, the historical heart of the city and one of its most affluent. Today we took a cyclo (i.e. pedicab) tour out to District 5 to see a […]
CROSSING THE STREET IN SAIGON With over 9 million people crowding the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (i.e. Saigon), there’s a certain amount of chaos to be expected. Most of this chaos comes in the form of motorbikes and scooters. Like everywhere we’ve been in Vietnam, motorbikes […]
THE OLD TOWN OF HOI AN IS BEST BY NIGHT Hoi An was an important trading port from the 15th to the 19th centuries and has had a major harbour since the 1st century. The town’s past has lent it a multicultural, cosmopolitan air which persists to this […]
OUR FAVOURITE TOWN IN VEITNAM Hoi An is a gem of a town, located on the coast of the South China Sea in Central Vietnam. This exceptionally well-preserved city was once a prosperous trading port, the gateway through which Chinese and Japanese merchants came to sell their wares […]
