travel | Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on Jan 5, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Nature, Other Places | Comments Off on New Year’s Day 2015

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...

Posted by reasons on Dec 31, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Elsewhere, Nature, Other Places, Walking | Comments Off on Fourteen from 2014

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...

Posted by reasons on Dec 22, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places, Photos, Walking | Comments Off on Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park

‘Only just opening up’. It was this accolade which made Phong-Nha Ke Bang National Park my first trip out of Ho Chi Minh. Quang Binh...

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....

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