Hansen Smith Travels

Saying goodbye to Vietnam.

What a trip. We have all learnt so much, seen so much, experienced so much. From the flashiest hotels to the humblest abodes we have been privileged enough to see and be part of them all.

Our last two nights in Ho Chi Minh were spent at Le Meridien Saigon. I have never…

Chúng ta đừng quên 🌺 (Lest we forget) 🇻🇳

Just a quick content warning here. Some of my personal opinions and the images you will see in this article deal…

Doggos, 🐕 fluffers, 🐩 puppers 🐶 & yappers of Vietnam 🇻🇳.

Some dogs are doggos, some are puppers, and others may even be pupperinos. There are corgos and clouds, fluffers and floofs, woofers and boofers. The chunky ones are thicc, and the thin ones are long bois. When they stick out their tongues, they’re doing a mlem, a…

Things in buckets, some of which I may have eaten.

All of the seafood in buckets are alive.

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Muine Bay – East coast, central Vietnam 🇻🇳

The good: yesterday we went on a Jeep trip. This was apparently the best way to see the white sand dunes, the fairy stream, fishing village and the red sand dunes for sunset.

Calm and centred.

Words I could use to describe the Vietnamese people. What initially seemed like chaos has a certain peaceful order to it. People are polite, road rage is practically non existent. People beep their horns to let others know they are there, to say I am coming through, to say thanks. It is not impatience but…

From the simple to the sublime.

We have settled in to resort life very easily. I could get used to this! Swim before breakfast, amazing buffet in the restaurant, back to the pool for another swim and a read, then ready for the day ☺️

Good for the mind, for the heart, for the soul. Staying at Mekong Rustic Cai Be has certainly been a highlight! The people are wonderful, welcoming and the place has a home like feel.

We were made to feel welcome from the start by our host Ha, a young girl who runs the place for the owner. She asked us if we wanted to eat…

Bewildered taxi driver, wonderful destination.

For the last 3 days we have been immersed in the Mekong Delta, from our wonderful hotel on the river, to the bridge we crossed a couple of times and the narrow roads running alongside the river that we navigated on the scooter.