Crossposted from The Sojourn Diaries where I’m a featured writer. Check out the site for more interesting and snappy travel stories! Hanoi Hopping Hanoi is one of the main bases to start off your journey in Vietnam, whether you’re headed to Halong Bay or northwards to Sapa, or down south to Hue, Danang or Ho…
Monday morning! It’s hard to work when you’ve just settled taking your annual leave for an impending holiday (more on that soon!) Meanwhile, there’s lots to catch up on the last Vietnam trip… let’s start off as my journey did, with Hanoi: HANOI I arrived in Hanoi and had about a day or so…
Crossposted from Go! Girl Guides, where I’m a contributing blogger. Check out the site for more great articles from other freewheelin’ travellin’ girls that go! Chaos. Utter chaos as motorbikes swerve by inches from my taxi. Others bikes took to the curb, weaving between tourists to get through the jam, while several bikes zoomed…
Considering how much shopping I did on my Seoul trip, I didn’t actually buy very much in comparison while I was in Vietnam. Granted the Singapore dollar is quite a lot stronger than the Vietnamese Dong, but I felt that there wasn’t really that much to buy. I did buy back lots of traditional Vietnamese…
For my Vietnam trip, I had 2 main regions to cover – the Hanoi/Halong Bay area in the North, as well as the Central parts consisting of Hue and Hoi An. My Guesthouse recommended for me to take the train and handled all the bookings for me, so I didn’t actually give it much thought…
First of my Vietnam posts! If you’d seen my Weekend Wanderlust post before the trip, Hanoi Guesthouse was recommended by C who had done a 2-week sojourn in Vietnam not long before. I dropped them an email to make the bookings with them directly, and while I only stayed there for 2.5 nights (the 0.5…
This trip has been on hold for so long (since postponing it in May), that it’s only really just hit me that I’m headed off to Hanoi next weekend! I’ve taken the necessary leave and gloated accordingly to the colleagues about my impending leave, but I’ve only just realized that I need to do all…
Well dear Occasional Travellers, I’ve booked my plane tix, and I’m all set on my first ever solo-from-start-to-end trip in May to… Hanoi, Vietnam! If anyone has any tips, please do feel free to share them here! I’ll be there for a week and am looking to stay in Hanoi awhile and visit the picturesque…
