While sailing around Halong Bay we stopped off at a huge cave system in the limestone peaks. It is called the ‘Cave of Awe’ due to the expressions on visitors faces when they first enter the cave. It went on for miles and miles and was like a magical grotto from kid’s films. It was illuminated with [...]
We went to bed like excitable children on Christmas Eve, strangely enjoying the anxious energy that flowed through the hotel. But it wasn’t Father Christmas who was visiting that night. There had been rumours, whisperings, murmurs about the special someone that was coming. It was someone powerful. Someone we should fear. Hushed conversations and strange [...]
Halong Bay has to be one of the most beautiful places in Vietnam. We went on a sailing junk boat and this was one of my favourite moments while travelling. To me, the boat looked like a smaller version of an old fashioned pirate ship and we sailed around Halong Bay between the 1,600 little [...]
I was totally disorientated when I woke up the next day. The room was so hot and felt like it had no oxygen at all. I realised that I’ve probably never been anywhere for so long where there really isn’t any light. Usually there’s a bit of moonlight or a street light poking through the [...]
As predicted the flood level had risen during the night and was about knee high in the morning. We were lucky that our hotel was further back from the river and there were a few steps up the ground floor. We spent the day lazing around while the hotel staff busied around us taking precautions [...]
We had the worst experience possible on our 2nd overnight train. It was from Nha Trang to Danang and we realised how spoilt we’d been with the previous VIP class train. The cabin wasn’t that much smaller but if it was any smaller it would be called a rabbit hutch. At first it was dimly [...]
The next day we headed to Ho Chi Minh City. The streets here were absolutely crazy. There are about 2.5 million motor bikes just in the city and they fill the streets like a river constantly flowing. It took me a while to get the hang of crossing the road. Taking the first step out [...]
We got our first overnight train from Cambodia to Vietnam. We started to realise that we weren’t the only people who had fallen in love with Dara and he was quite the little charmer. We noticed that he has many friends in all the places we visited but it seems that he also has his [...]