Xin chào!!!

Day 4 in Hanoi is Christmas Day. It’s not really celebrated here by most people so today was just another busy Monday.

We headed to a mall that was recommended in Lonely planet. It was not really that interesting to us. Dior, Chanel, Prada, and Hugo Boss, etc all genuine, not the knock…

Hội An, city of lanterns. Well, that’s what it makes me think of after our evening out in the ancient town this evening.

Our hotel is gorgeous with outstanding service, in fact the best I have ever experienced in any hotel in the world. Our room overlooks the spacious pool.

Yesterday we joined the 2 wheel brigade, but only on a push bike! An early morning start saw us making new friends on the Heaven and Earth bike tours. We crossed by boat to the first island and saw families making fishing boats. This tradition has been passed down over hundreds of years and they are still made in the same way with wooden nails and…

Assault on the senses.

It’s begun! We had a long flight to Kuala Lumpur, the food was great except Jac ate all my coconut rice. We stopped…

Day 2 and I think we are all becoming more accustomed to the traffic. 5 people on a scooter is the max so far and the award for the most fragile load goes to the dozens of trays of eggs!

As it turns out traffic congestion isn’t only confined to the roads in Vietnam!

Heading out on our overnight cruise we quickly discovered that Halong Bay wasn’t quite the tranquil place we had imagined. Over 400 boats with tourists go out into the bay every day.