Reasons to go North

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

Out of HCMC and to Phong Ke Bang National Park. Dramatic landscape. Jagged mountains rise like ill kept molars from deep valleys and...

For the first time I ordered a taxi via my building doorman. To the airport. The doorman asked me where I was going, so stupidly I...

Posted by reasons on Dec 2, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere | 0 comments

Ho Chi Minh City is in the middle of a major construction project to build a city railway, most of it underground. As streets are...

Swapping a car for a motorbike is not something I had ever thought I would do. My skill is improving and my navigation of the city is...

Just as we have Mothers’ Day in the UK there is Women’s’ Day and Teachers’ Day in Vietnam. Gifts are given and lunches eaten...