Sunrise, Sunset on Halong Bay
Most Halong Bay cruises offer a night aboard a boat. This means you get to see the bay at its most magnificent; during the sunset, and if you survived the […]
Category Archives: Vietnam
Good Morning Vietnam: Breakfast Croissant & Vietnamese Coffee
Vietnamese breakfasts have a strong French influence, often greeting the morning with croissants and French-roast coffee! Up north in Hanoi we would head out to the Paris Deli, Boulangerie et Café […]
Sailing into an Vietnamese Painting
Cruising Halong Bay in Vietnam is like sailing into an Asian painting, complete with whimsical boats and karst rock formations jutting up out of the blue-green waters. More photos of […]
GAC! something different from Vietnam…
GAC! Apparently this is some kind of fruit. But with a name like this who knows what it tastes like? At any rate, it ripens over December and January, and […]
Good Morning Vietnam: the Breakfast Baguette
We were in Vietnam in November 2003, and again in December 2013, and both times we loved our breakfast baguette! Hanoi, November 2003. The north of the country has had almost […]
Good Morning Vietnam: Vietnamese-style Breakfasts
These Vietnamese breakfast treats, from our class at the Morning Glory Cooking School in Vietnam, are very different from my usual breakfast choices, but definitely worth trying… Bánh Bèo Chén / […]
Rainy Vietnam Through the Bus Window
Leaving Hue and going to Hoi An… The bus was filled to the brim with tourists fleeing the rainy north of Vietnam. The luggage compartment was completely full so two […]
Paint the Town Yellow in Hoi An, Vietnam
Why do some towns have almost every building painted the same colour? Take Hoi An in Vietnam for instance. Almost every building in the town is painted yellow. Why? Was […]
Merry Christmas from Vietnam!
Season’s greetings from Hoi An in Vietnam, where you can get custom Santa suits in every size and style!
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