Vietnam

Typhoon Katrina

Travel Tales , Vietnam
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,...

Typhoon Katrina

travel , Vietnam
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...

Rain, Rain go Away….

travel , Vietnam
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...

Heading to Hoi An

travel , Vietnam
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...

Ho Chi Minh City

travel , Vietnam
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...

Cambodia to Vietnam

travel , Vietnam
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....