Asia | Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on Dec 13, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Nature, Other Places, Walking | Comments Off on Nuoc Mooc Eco Trail

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

Posted by reasons on Dec 8, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places | Comments Off on Phong Ke Bang National Park

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 | Comments Off on Bargains and Buffalos

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...

Posted by reasons on Nov 26, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places | Comments Off on Car Driver to Motorbike Rider

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...

Posted by reasons on Nov 21, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places | Comments Off on Teachers’ Day at Bến Dược Củ Chi Tunnels

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...