Vietnam gets a bad wrap on a lot of travel websites, but it’s hands down one of our favorite countries we’ve visited. Here, you can hike to remote villages in Sa Pa, cruise around the magnificent Halong Bay, and ride through the Central Highlands on a motorbike tour. All the while, sip on strong Vietnamese coffee or dirt cheap draft beer and indulge in the delicious cuisine. Few things in life beat a hot bowl of pho and a cold one on the side of the road in Vietnam, watching the chaos of city traffic go by in a blur.
It’s taken us a few months, but we’re finally to the end of our whirlwind trip that took us across Vietnam overland in the full 30 days granted in a tourist visa. As we really appreciate good summary posts on travel blogs to help plan trips, we’ve decided to go …
Originally we thought we would have to return to Ho Chi Minh City to take a bus to Phnom Penh, but after doing some research we learned the border in Ha Tien was open to foreigners. This was perfect for us since we wanted to visit Kep first in Cambodia …
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After a great five days in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), we were tempted to stay even longer when we found out that there would be a Santa Con event there the following Saturday. As we were super bummed out about missing out on the Beijing version for the first …
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After four days of cruising through the Central Highlands of Vietnam on motorbike, we took an overnight bus from Buon Ma Thuot to Ho Chi Minh City, which is still known by its old name of Saigon to many. Actually, both names are used these days – HCMC for the …
We’re halfway through our Easy Riders trip in Vietnam, which was easily the highlight of our month in the country. If you missed the first part, get caught up here. Now let’s get on with the show!
Planning a month-long cross-country trip in Vietnam is no easy task. It’s a very long stretch of land with so many places to see and things to do. There was one thing, however, that was high atop our list long before we even sat down to hammer out the details …
After getting poured on all day in Hue, we decided to move our Vietnam trip along and catch the bus to Hoi An. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this charming little town is very much on the tourist trail. That makes for plenty of things to do here, but …
This will quite possibly be the shortest post on our SE Asia adventure – good for people with short attention spans, but bad for people who want more info on each destination! With nothing but bad weather on the horizon for both northern and central Vietnam, and with the clocks …
After spending a few days exploring Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Island, we had to start moving our Vietnam trip south. Not wanting to backtrack to Hanoi, we found that we could instead head to Ninh Binh first and catch a bus or train onward from there.
After spending a few days wandering around Hanoi’s Old Quarter and getting our fair share of history and culture in the city’s many museums, we were ready for a change of scenery. High on our list of things to do in Vietnam was a trip to Ha Long Bay, but …
