Experiencing different cultures is the best part of travelling. Thankfully, we are not all the same. Following is a list of things we saw in Vietnam that made us smile, chuckle or made us go… hmmm. This list is not meant to insult, judge, or criticize; it is merely a way to remember it all. Man … More Things that made us go hmmm… Vietnam
April 3 – 21, 2016 As we wait for the sleeper bus from Phong Nha to Hanoi in the pouring rain with other travelers half our age, it hits us that we are in fact fairly old. While we cut ourselves off from fluid intake at 7:00 p.m. knowing we have a ten-hour bus ride … More Compelling Northern Vietnam
Hue, March 27, 28; Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park area March 29 – April 2, 2016 We hiked 4 kilometres (km) into a cave and the ceiling height where we stand is 70 metres high (22 stories). Our head lamps provide the only beam of light in the pitch blackness. Fine moisture and sand particles … More Caving in Vietnam
March 17 – 25, 2016 Our ten-hour sleeper bus trip from Nha Trang arrives at 5:30 a.m. in Hoi An, the city of lanterns. Everything is closed, which means everything looks abandoned. Metal cages close up the entrances to really ugly square concrete buildings ten feet wide by many (3-7) stories high. The concrete buildings … More Goose Bumps Finally… Hoi An, Vietnam
We leave the grumpy old man behind in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and head for the hill town of Dalat (Đà Lạt) via the infamous “sleeper bus”. Take your shoes off at the bus entrance, place them in the plastic bag provided by the driver and squirm your way down the narrow hall to … More Southern Vietnam – Escaping the City
March 16, 2016 We take a four hour, air horn blaring bus ride from the hill city of Da Lat, Vietnam to the seaside resort of Mui Ne, Vietnam. The bus doesn’t stop where we thought it was supposed to (we hear this is common in Vietnam) and we end up five kilometres (km) from … More Ignorance would be bliss
March 3-6, 2016 … too long! Disclaimer: This post is written by a person who is 95% happy go lucky dude and 5% grumpy old man when all the grumpy elements are in alignment. Christine says if we had spent any more time together in Ho Chi Minh city (HCMC, formerly Saigon) that she would … More Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam brings out the grumpy old man
The Roaming Two 