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Travelling around Vietnam by train

Travelling around Vietnam by train
There are many wonderful reasons why train travel in countries you’re visiting for the first time is so great, and travelling by train in Vietnam is no different. Some of the more obvious reasons include seeing the countryside that you...

Enjoy Tet in Vietnam

Enjoy Tet in Vietnam
When I first began planning my time in Vietnam, I did it without knowing anything about which day the Lunar New Year would fall in 2014. I was basing my decision more around the holidays back home in the U.S., and my elephant volunteering gig...

Banh My in Ho Chi Minh City

Banh My in Ho Chi Minh City
If you’re even the slightest bit into Vietnamese food, you’ve probably eaten numerous banh mi sandwiches. Along with pho, easily the most exported Vietnamese speciality is banh mi. Although banh mi can mean a variety of different...

The Five H’s to Have in Your Vietnam Itinerary

The Five H’s to Have in Your Vietnam Itinerary
Vietnam is easily one of the cheapest places in the world to travel in. For what little amount you pay, you get rewarded with a lot of things: stunning natural scenery, electric urban landscapes and, I cannot stress this enough, the...

Lan Ha Bay & Cat Ba island

Lan Ha Bay & Cat Ba island
Weekend 20 to 22 March 2015 - I bought a ticket at Hoàng Long bus company in Hanoi and traveled to Cát Bà island for 3 days. It took me 4 and a half hours to travel by bus and speed boat from Hanoi to the island. It is 20...