Saigon and The Mekong Delta

Saigon and The Mekong Delta

Our final stop in Vietnam. Saigon is a name that has been familiar to me since I was a child – it just sounds so exotic. The city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1975 but signage and the local people still refer to it as Saigon.The traffic is crazy and the city...
Da Nang and Hoi An

Da Nang and Hoi An

Looking back, these days of the trip were my absolute favourite. Maybe because it was at that point where I’d been away long enough to forget about real life (/even know what day of the week it was) but where there was still enough ahead to look forward to not...
Ha Long Bay to Hue

Ha Long Bay to Hue

Starting a blog post with a picture taken out of a toilet window isn’t something I thought would ever happen but Ha Long Bay was full of surprises. Two hours from Hanoi, the bay is a world away from the crazy city. As we approached the boarding point, the...
Hanoi

Hanoi

If you follow me on Instagram you’ll have seen that I recently traded London’s grey skies for somewhere a little very different. Vietnam was never on my travel radar before as I always assumed it was somewhere you had to “rough it” and my fear...