The journey to Da Lat wasn’t great. The bus broke down after the rear had filled up with smoke, we couldn’t go faster than 40 km/hour, and we knew we’d paid far too much for the tickets. But the scenery was good, and we were excited about taking a tour with the Easy Riders. We’d Read More »
Our trip to Halong Bay began with the usual, not knowing what the hell was going on, but I guess people want to know more about Halong Bay, rather than how annoying and frustrating Vietnam can be. We boarded our boat at 11am for our 3 day two night tour and set out for a Read More »
As Mully and I patiently awaited the arrival of our bus in the Hello Vietnam Guesthouse we met the two girls from New Zealand who were also on the trip and sat quietly for over an hour. It finally arrived and we followed a Vietnamese guy to a bus and he took the bags off Read More »
The first half of our 2-day tour to Tam Coc and Cuc Phuong National Park finished with a high note. We were very happy with everything we saw the previous day around Tam Coc and we think that Lise and Tarjei, the two Norwegians who joined us for the tour, were also quite happy. For Read More »
We took a two-day cruise tour around the natural wonder that is Halong Bay. It is an area made up of more than 3,000 islands and has beautiful grottoes and huge limestone cliffs. So many places in Vietnam have lovely stories attached to them and Halong Bay is no exception: legend has it that the Read More »
So after arriving in Nha Trang last night at 10pm, it was to bed, with an early wakeup this morning. We booked onto a 4-island tour that was really neat. We left at 8:30am, got packed into a bus like sardines, and taken to the boat. A bit crowded, but not too bad. The guy Read More »
Aterrados em Hanoi pelas 20h, e rapidamente despachados pelo inexpressivo kamarada policia aduaneiro, enfrentamos a escolha do meio de transporte para a cidade avisados pelo Lonely Planet do esquema montado entre taxistas e alguns locais menos escrupulosos, que desviam os turistas para hoteis que se apropriam dos nomes dos mais bem afamados, oferecendo condicoes (ate Read More »
It took a couple of hours on the Bay to reach Cat Ba, so we were sunning on the deck of the transfer boat (John says: Where very kindly the skipper brought me a cold beer!), until we could bear the heat no more and went downstairs to the shade (John says: Here Lynne said, Read More »
(clique em uma das fotos ao longo do texto para mais fotos, e clique no mapa para ver roteiro completo) Dia 19 – 10 de Julho A cidade proibida Antiga capital imperial do Vietnã, Hue abriga as tumbas dos imperadores da dinastia Nguyen e a cidade imperial, ou cidade proibida que sedeou os últimos 12 Read More »
Dia 21 – 12 de Julho (Continuacao) Viagem para Halong Bay Halong Bay, Patrimônio da Humanidade A viagem em direção a Halong Bay demorou cerca de duas horas e meia. Passamos o resto do dia na piscina e a noite, para não perder o costume, nos aventuramos para mais um mercado local. A parte mais Read More »
