From Hue turned May (2024) so it was time to call it a day in the central part of Vietnam, as we only had one more month on our visa. This would be the most extensive journey, and only overnight in the country which proved to have a few hiccups, though nothing extreme, for our $30 “VIP” sleeper bus tickets.…
Peaceful Homestay Mai Chau We thought things were idyllic in Tam Coc, but arriving to Mai Chau four hours northwest, took things to a whole other level. Mai Chau might just be as bucolic as it can possibly get…a rolling blanket of emerald rice paddies sprinkled with walking/bike paths, chickens clucking, (or doing other obnoxious chicken things), stilted wooden homes…
We had a lot of possibilities for our last few weeks in north Vietnam, but to be honest, things had been a bit challenging since Mandy’s stomach issues for both of us. Greg also had a head cold, and overall, we were just feeling a bit burnt out. This was further compounded by a four day mistake because we made…
Our Apartment Accommodation(s) Yes, we finally had real apartments and oh, did we need this downtime more than we thought. It only took one night in our super quiet(!) and cozy apartment to know we were gonna like Hanoi. Our first of two apartments $26/night on Booking was on the south end of Tây Ho, or West Lake and we were…
Getting There & Our Accommodation: Taipei ➡ Ho Chi Minh ➡ Phu Quoc GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!! 🇻🇳 It took us four years and one pandemic, but we finally made it on March 2, 2024 and..wow, are we were so very elated to be there as we already knew we were gonna love it! It was time to learn hello (Xin…
Making our Way to Ho Chi Minh After two weeks of getting sand in crevices and gallivanting a tropical island, we feel reinvigorated to begin our 1025-mile overland adventure of traversing the length of Vietnam! And we started by heading to Saigon, today also known as Ho Chi Minh City since 1975. The day began bright and early with a 1.5…
After three days in Ho Chi Minh City, we were more than ready to replace the cacophony of horns and motorbikes with nature’s symphony, so we took a local bus 4.5 hours north to Cat Tien National Park. It is a large area of protected lowland tropical forests whose floral and fauna diversity has been recognized by the World Wildlife…
Arriving to Da Lat From Cat Tien National Park, we boarded another local bus north four hours to the cooler mountain town of Da’Lat for a week. Da Lat is most famous for its wide variety of flowers, vegetables and fruit harvested from its surrounding farmlands. During the war, this town also became a resort destination far from the bombing…
