First day in Hoi An Hoi An, Vietnam Hoi An, Vietnam Hoi An: Wed 15th July I am writing this entry from our bungalow located right on the sand of Cua Dai beach with spectacular views out over the South China Sea. It is about 4pm and less humid and hot here than Hue. We… More
Full day in Hue Hue, Vietnam Hue, Vietnam Tuesday 14th July: Hue We woke to a quiet, hot, sunny and very humid morning. I went to the gym for a while and then caught up with the boys at the pool. We basically hung around the hotel swimming and reading all morning. This was not… More
Pleased to get to Hue! Hue, Vietnam Hue, Vietnam Monday 13th July Our flight to Hue left at 11am and we were not being collected from our hotel until 8.30am so I headed out for one last wander around the Hoan Kiem Lake at 6.30am. The scene at that hour is a fascinating mix of… More
Halong Bay…beautiful although cut short Halong Bay, Vietnam Halong Bay, Vietnam Just some photos for the moment. An expected typhoon resulted in our trip being cut short. Thus, now back in Hanoi 🙁 Halong Bay Saturday 11th July – Sunday 12th July. Our day started with an 8.30am pick up from our hotel for the… More
Quiet final day in Hanoi Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam Not much to report today. Got in early from Sapa. headed straight to the gym and to the pool. We lazed around resting and reading after breakfast and didn’t head out from the hotel until about noon. We tried to get ‘Water Puppet’ tickets but they… More
Our last day in Sapa Sapa, Vietnam Sapa, Vietnam Thursday 9th The guide books will advise you that there is no dominant Religion in Vietnam. That is not true. 95% of Vietnamese are Buddhist. It is just that theirs is a more private form of Buddhism compared to their neighbours; they visit Temple only twice… More
Trip up to Sapa in the mountains NE of Hanoi Sapa, Vietnam Sapa, Vietnam Wednesday 8th July Our overnight train from Hanoi arrived into Lao Cai station in drizzly weather at about 6.15am. Lao Cai is located at an elevation of 650m and the 1 hr trip up to Sapa, at 1650m, has to be… More
Last full day in Hanoi Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam Tuesday 7th July Our day began with another visit to the gym and the pool. Breakfast was followed by a trip to the local department store (three blocks from our hotel) to buy some socks for the three of us. Note to self: If I ever… More
Day 2 in Hanoi Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam Monday 6th July Our day started with a trip to the gym and a visit to the pool before heading to breakfast. We eventually wandered out of the hotel and picked up two cycles to take us to the northern section of the Old Quarter. Our plan… More
First full day in Vietnam…Hanoi Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam Sunday 5th July We started our day with a swim in the hotel pool before heading to breakfast in the Lounge. Saturday had been spent sitting all day as we travelled so we decided to get out walking today by doing the Lonely Planet ‘Walking Tour’… More