Month: July 2025

This was not a very satisfying day. We had booked the sleeper bus to Hue for 8 pm and wanted to spend the day going to a cathedral about 20 … Read more

Today was beautiful weather, sunny and not too humid as the Homestay taxi took us to Trang An settlement for a boat trip. For 90 minutes a Vietnamese lady undertook … Read more

After an excellent breakfast of mushroom and cheese omelette plus rice and Vietnamese coffee, we took the local taxi to the settlement of Hoa Lu, 7 kms away. After Dinh … Read more

Day 63 (26th July) Hanoi to Ninh Binh MIRACLE. Today shattered my scepticism about miracles. It started badly because we got up early to go to Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum … Read more

We arrived in Hanoi at 7 am somewhat shattered after a 10-hour journey and we asked a taxi driver at the bus station to take us to a hotel in … Read more

After learning that Laos does not give VOAs at the nearby border post, we abandoned the plan to visit the Plain of Jars and Luang Prabang, and return to Hanoi … Read more

The guide, a young man (30 years old) called Son Lo, arrived at 7.30 and we set off to the first item of interest. The Muong Thanh Bridge is a … Read more

We had a nice room on the 5th floor at the exorbitant price of £5 a night. We managed to sleep for a few hours before being rudely awakened by … Read more

Day 58 (21st July) Sapa to Dien Bien Phu. Sapa is a tourist town where practically every building is a hotel, restaurant or shop selling fruit, flowers or tourist tat. … Read more