→ February 16, 2010
A few hours south of Hue, Hoi An was a delightful experience. We wandered the picturesque cobbled streets, only stopping for a juice at the terrace of a small cafe with decrepit yellow walls and blue blinds. A short Vespa ride and we were fighting the heat by taking a nap around the swimming pool. Delicious smells of [...]
→ February 16, 2010
“Dragon a 10 heures! Dragon!” Lagredin shouted at the crew of the “Avalanse” on a scorching day of the 1898 summer. Since that day, the bay is called Halong Bay or the Bay of the Descending Dragon. Magical dragon aside, there is definitively some mystery in Halong Bay. We cruised the bay during 3 days, spending 1 night [...]
→ February 15, 2010
After visiting Saigon, we headed on to the Mekong delta, Vietnam’s rice basket, a wonderful landscape of green fields criss-crossed by brown canals. While most travellers visit the Mekong on an organised tour, we prefered to travel on our own. The tickets for the local bus were a little difficult to get – with agencies trying [...]
→ February 15, 2010
In Vietnam, people do everything on a motorbike. They commute on a motorbike, dads their kids to school on a motorbike, they produce and transport their products on a motorbike – and they even flirt on a motorbike. As one local explain to us: No motorbike, no girlfriend. With 3 millions motorbikes for 7 millions inhabitants, the [...]
