MOTORING AROUND HUE As the former imperial capital of Vietnam, Hue was centred around the walled Imperial Citadel. Inside the citadel was a forbidden city where only the emperor, empress, royal concubines, and those close enough to them were granted access; the punishment for trespassing was death. Today, […]
HUE ARE WE NOW? We survived the journey on the overnight train and arrived in Hue around midday today. And what a night it was! We rocked and rolled, bumped and bounced, and jostled and jolted our way through the night, trying to cat-nap between the worst of […]
SUNRISE OVER HALONG BAY We’ve had another busy day here in Vietnam, with our morning spent cruising around Halong Bay some more, our afternoon driving back to Hanoi, and then our evening spent at the train station here in Hanoi waiting for our overnight train to Hue. […]
VIETNAM’S MOST FAMOUS BAY Our brief sojourn in Hanoi came to an end today with an early morning transfer to Halong Bay, one of Vietnam’s most famous tourist sights. We were pretty excited to be heading out of the big city to spend the next couple of […]
FROM VIENTIANE TO HANOI Our time in Laos came to an end today as we caught an Air Laos flight from Vientiane to Hanoi. We got to enjoy a sleep in and a slow start to the day, with our flight leaving from Vientiane’s tiny Wattay International […]
