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A trip to Mai Chau – my favourite place in the world.
We got up at 6am ready to take the three and a half hour bus journey to Mai Chau. The traffic was even worse than normal, (The Vietnamese get up very early, so 6.45am is rush hour for them!) and my seat belt was tucked under the back of the seat and had clearly never...
Planning trips!
I didn't get much sleep last night, again, because of the Karaoke that plays constantly from about 7.00pm until 1.00am every night and is ridiculously loud and sounds like a dying cat! I spent the morning being a tourist and taking pictures of the road which I now...
My Hanoi Tour
Well..... today was definitely full of the most surprises.... I was meant to have a my Hanoi tour at 9.30am and so was a little flustered when at 8.40am, when I'd literally just got out the shower, the local tour guide arrived to show me around! I hadn't had any...
Best of both worlds…
For me, Hanoi is the perfect integration of everything I love about the West, fused with the East. A typical weekend would involve leaving my Western style apartment, with it's cute little kitchen and living room. This leads to a separate large bedroom with my...
Famous for the Day!
Famous for the Day Myself and two friends of mine went to the King Hung Festival today. It is the celebration of the Kings Birthday, and takes place around a lake, in a far away province, where none of the locals have ever seen a white person before. You take a walk...
The First 24 hours….
I was met at the airport by three men, who were all thinner than me and shorter than me, and none of them appeared to speak much English. As they bundled me into the back of an un-marked car, it suddenly occurred to me that this whole thing may have been a scam, and I...
From small to large in 24 hours…
This post may initially seem trivial but I assure you, it's something that you definitely need to be aware of when planning your trip to Vietnam! So, I am an average UK small size. I am by no means fat. However, it would appear that the “average” small size in England...
Monday morning with a difference…
What’s it like living over there? Is it amazing? Are you having a good time? Questions I’ve been asked a thousand times since leaving the UK four and a half years ago. It is crazy wonderful but I’m not a backpacker, or long term traveller. My Monday morning is the...
A selection of Saigon moments
Riding around Saigon on my motorbike I see, smell and hear a multitude of things that are infinitely photographable and bloggable, that when I visited Vietnam in 2013 and when I first arrived I found magical, and notable, but it’s amazing how quickly you lose that...
A Vietnamese Apartment: Picture your new home!
Ba Dinh, Hanoi: Your awesome neighbourhood!
My students: More than just a job
The botanical gardens: How pretty is your city?
The Botanical Gardens, Hanoi, Vietnam
A snap-shot of Vietnam: Some of the local highlights
Luxury for Less
Please welcome our first guest post from a Alex Wilson, a creative writer and teacher currently living in Ho Chi Minh. Like what you've read? Read more from Alex here https://w26alx.wordpress.com/ Yesterday I went for a haircut, I decided to splash out a bit as it’s...
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