Blog | Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on Oct 29, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places | Comments Off on Independence Palace

Ho Chi Minh is a vast city but there are not many tourist attractions, still after nearly two months I have a few to tick . With nearly a...

Posted by reasons on Oct 26, 2014 in Blog, Food, Other Places | Comments Off on A Few Months Later – in HCMC

Yorkshire and the rocks of the Coldstone Cut are 10206.6k from Ho Chi Minh. I had no expectations of how my life would before I crossed...

I have bananas in my backyard. Thinking of how life is different from my Cumbrian norm, bananas growing outside my window is most...

My ‘reader’ recently emailed me, but what is it really like there? Behind the pictures and tourist trips, what is happening to you? In the...

Posted by reasons on Sep 29, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places | Comments Off on Rent and Ride

Last time I pressed the key to post I muttered something about ‘new experiences’. Having moved out to the sort of ‘leafy suburbs’ I need...

Posted by reasons on Sep 27, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places, Walking | Comments Off on đi bộ – Walk Saigon

A year stretched endlessly before I left the UK, now, suddenly 6 weeks have passed so quickly I feel it will be no time at all...