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 […]
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 […]
Wandering Soles 