Reasons to go North

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

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

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...