Category: Vietnam

29 June Today started with a bit of a problem.  I had booked a tour for an easy no fuss last day, but apparently the company I booked with ceased to exist suddenly.  I had not paid anything, but it did leave me at a bit of a loss for

28 June Today I took the bus back to Saigon, and went to a show at the Saigon Opera House.  It is a show aimed at tourists, and it is what you might image would be the result if someone who had only ever been exposed to Vietnamese traditional theatre

27 June Today was a boat trip including a trip to a couple of floating markets.  It was interesting, but with the improvement to roads in the area these markets have been shrinking and were quite small.  I did have a chance to walk around an archard and see a

26 June Today I travelled to Can Tho on the bus.  Five and a half very long hours, with one 15 minute break nearly four hours in. I have been thinking that all of my photos tend to be of the good/interesting bits, and thought I might try taking some

25 June Today I travelled to the point generally considered the end of southern Vietnam, Dat Mui.  I believe boats leave regularly from the nearby town, but I decided to take the easy option and had the hotel organise a boat, so I had a speedboat to myself, leaving from

24 June An early morning and lots of travel.  Up at 4am, 20 mins to the airport, 30 mins getting through security, 10 minutes on the bus to the plane, 40 mins flying, and I was finally in the Mekong Delta, at Rach Gia.   I had hoped to be

23 June I spent the morning travelling to Saigon, then had a bit of a look around the area (and did some shopping) and then had a night food tour on the back of a motorbike.   Saigon is extremely busy and noisy, and just being out in the peak

22 June In the morning I visited Danang museum, not a bad little museum, although there was limited information in English. I then went to a couple of markets to pick up some souvenirs. In the evening I had a food tour, and got to try a few new things.

21 June Today was a taxi transfer to Danang, with sightseeing on the way. I was sorry to say goodbye to my hotel in Hoi An, and to its pool. The first stop was Marble Mountain, one of a group of 5 which rise quite dramatically from the surrounding flat

Tra 20 June The day started with a lantern making class, where I got to make my own traditional silk lantern.  I then went for a bike ride to a village that grows herbs and vegetables.