The Streets of Hoi An
If you can ignore the ever-present danger of being hit by a motorbike, wandering the streets of Hoi An can be quite pleasant. The buildings are colorful … … some […]
Category Archives: Vietnam
Visiting My Son
For our last morning in Vietnam, Dad, Prescott, and I headed out to My Son Sanctuary, a collection of Hindu temples built between the 4th and 13th centuries by the […]
Capitalist Communism
Vietnam remains a communist country (for those who don’t remember their history classes: the US lost the war, the North Vietnamese Army took control of the South, the country was […]
Tailor Made
Many people travel to Hoi An for the express purpose of having clothes made. If you want a bespoke suit crafted at rock-bottom prices, this is the place to do […]
Hello, Hoi An
For our spring break travel, we have come to the old port city of Hoi An, located about midway up the Vietnamese coast. The town’s Old Quarter, a mix of […]
Living On the Water
Several thousand people live in floating villages in sheltered areas of Cat Ba and Ha Long Bay. Our guide explained that these floating villages have become more heavily populated in […]
Back to The Bay
There are many, many bays out in our neck of the woods, but only one makes it onto the required visit list for those traipsing around Southeast Asia: Ha Long […]
A Farewell to Vietnam
Sunday was our last morning in Vietnam. I can’t say that Sundays are quiet in Hanoi – I’m not sure it’s ever quiet in Hanoi – but it’s quieter than […]
The Gulf of Tonkin
It occurs to me that I should mention that all the time we were traveling through Lan Ha Bay, we were also traveling through the Gulf of Tonkin. This has […]
Kayaks & Langurs
We were technically on a boat cruise on Friday, but I think we spent as much time in kayaks as we did on the boat itself. We’d rented kayaks at […]
