Well as you can see I’m now what is technically termed as mega behind on the blog. For that reason I have decided to give a summery of New Zealand in as few words as possible and bring myself right up to date. I have mentioned New Zealand briefly enough … Read More
Reading this blog you would be forgiven for thinking that I have recently left Vietnam, well you would be wrong! I have in fact spent the last three weeks in New Zealand and before that two weeks in Australia. I am however very far behind with the blog. I’ve been … Read More
I’m am now in a desperate rush to catch up on blogging before I get too far behind to ever get up to date. So the next few posts are going to be very condensed versions of my travels so far. We arrived in Hanoi tired but for once having … Read More
A light mist rose off the water enveloping the lower ridges of the limestone outcrops littering the ocean in front of me. The junk boat rocked gently in the water its large sails flapping in the light breeze whilst the sun rose in the distance. Similar boats were anchored in … Read More
A tourist spot by location rather then design Nah Trang has a fair few interesting sights, although short on time we managed to cram it all into one action packed day. Our tour guide for the day was a slightly crazy permanently drunk Danish guy – luckily he wasn’t also … Read More
Wallowing in mineral mud and soaking in mineral water the perfect way to spend the day before a 12 hour nighttime bus journey. Our last day in Nah Trang and we’d got up late due to late night so we spent some time wondering around Nah Trang looking at the … Read More
After a hot, sweaty, uncomfortable bus journey we arrived in Hoi Ann tired and stressed. We found a hotel and passed out for the majority of the day before heading out to check out Hoi An’s most famous attribute – its tailor made clothes. Hoi An is a pretty little … Read More
The next stop on our journey up the coast of Vietnam was Hue. Hue is a small peaceful city that in the early nineteenth century was the capital of Vietnam. By some it is considered highbrow its scholarly influence coming from the five universities within the city. It was defiantly … Read More
Another day trip – another sight: this time the Vietnamese DMZ – A 10 kilometer wide area where 10,000 tones of bombs were dropped per square kilometer of land during a violent and horrific war. Our first stop of the day was Dong Ha a town used as a former … Read More
A trip that came highly recommend proved to be one of the better days out despite seeing yet more pagodas – as if we hadn’t seen enough already! The trip saw us boarding a dragon boat and spending the day cruising along the perfume river visiting pagodas and mausoleums. The … Read More