After traveling with our Backroads group from Luang Prabang, Laos, to Angkor Wat and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, we all boarded…
In Hanoi, staff of the Hotel Metropole greeted us each day with “Bonjour Madame Lisa! Bonjour, Monsieur Bill!” The French Colonial influence was…
Fog-shrouded Sapa allowed us to get out in the natural, remote beauty of northern Vietnam and also enjoy an eccentrically lavish hotel.
Our brief stay in the city included a river cruise, a history review, a glamorous hotel, and a lesson in crossing the street.