‘Let’s get breakfast and go for a walk on the beach!’ Amanda says enthusiastically. Her energy helps me. My first thought is ‘Is our boat going to depart?’ The storms have passed and the waters look calmer. The breakfast is…
Day 8 Vietnam: A Black cat crosses our path in Cat Ba
Cat Ba Town is tiny. The main tourist area with restaurants and hotels is three streets, none a mile in length. The longest runs along the waterfront lined by narrow tall, greying hotels. The two other streets that go inland,…
Day 5-6 Vietnam – Stuck in a cheesy shore town waiting for the cyclone to pass
‘No english’ our driver says. That’s tough. We hired a not-very-cheap private car today to do a custom tour of a few more caves, lunch etc… We had assumed someone could at least handle some basic stuff. The car, arranged…
Day 3-4 Vietnam: My favorite day hike of all time – 8 miles underground in Phong Nha
Vietnam required an online visa process that was lengthy and a little bit confusing. But it worked flawlessly at passport control. We found a line just as it opened up, handed them our paper visa and waltzed on through. And…
Day 1-2 Vietnam – Singapore Travel and Itinerary
There are a handful of countries I would go back to rather than visit somewhere new: Jordan, Peru, Iceland and Indonesia are on that list. Vietnam is another. I took a trip there in 2013 and loved it so much.…