Reasons to go North

Today I am in Huế. Today it rained. Pretty much all day, till after 3.30 at least. Which is when I gave up being a tourist and retired...

Da Nang is on the way to Hoi An. Flying in, it is the closest airport. When teaching in HCMC I’d heard it was a good...

Sa Pa is a lovely mountain hill town which now fully embraces tourism. Climbing Fansipan is not for everyone and many people go just...

Kota Kinabalu, one time Jessleton, was only a place between. Somewhere to gather self and thoughts between trekking through jungles and...

Food. My favourite thing in Saigon. Vietnamese food is full of flavour but if you can not find what you want among the phở, spring rolls...