Reasons to go North

As the the inner districts of Ho Chi Minh sprawl to nearly 500km2 , and I live pretty close to the centre, it is hardly a hop and...

Facebook and Google have both taken it upon themselves to define my year, not quite as I would have done. So I thought I’d give my own...

My penultimate day in Phong Nha-Ke National Park felt more like the North West of England than Vietnam....

At last I have climbed a mountain in Vietnam. A real mountain not a metaphorical one. Phong Ke Bang National Park is still...

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

Tourist may have discovered Riga Latvia’s capital city but wander out and you will find Vast lakes Empty forests Fine...