Ringed by over a dozen bays and beaches with an archipelago of islets off its south coast, a rugged jungle interior, white sandy shores, clear turquoise waters and a handful of fishing villages, the tear-shaped island of Phu Quoc just inspires superlatives and is one of Vietnam’s rarest finds and finest treasures.
Occupied by the French […]
I had been part of a volunteer vacation in the northern part of Thailand, with western teachers and students, to live with local hill tribe villagers. The trip, even though was long time ago, is still fresh in my memory. I can still picture in my mind when local kids running, seemingly wanting to know […]
Read full post...The world’s oil and natural resource are scarce nowadays. Therefore you have often heard about campaigns to reduce the amount of energy used and sustainable ways to use these resources in order to save them for our future generation. Cycling is one way among them. Accordingly, biking tourism have been operated for travelers who seek […]
Read full post...After a visit in 1981, the then Director General of UNESCO proclaimed Hue to be “a masterpiece of urban poetry“. Famous for school girls in their white Áo Dài - Vietnamese national dress, and Nón Bài Tho - a conical straw hat hiding a secret poem, to the Vietnamese, Hue has ever been synonymous with […]
Read full post...Travel to Sapa in real style on the 10 hour overnight Victoria Express train from Hanoi to Lao Cai, and enjoy one of the world’s greatest rail experiences.Located 380 km northwest of Hanoi among the Hong Lien mountain range near the Chinese border, Sapa is one of the most spectacular and unspoilt regions of Vietnam. […]
Read full post... Hanoi the Romantic City….
The phrase ‘faded grandeur’ could have been coined specifically for the city of Hanoi. Nowhere in Asia is the architectural heritage of the past so well preserved.
Many of the grandiose villas and palaces built by the French are still in use today, mostly as government buildings. Wide, tree-lined boulevards skirt the misty […]
