(Nederlandse vertaling onder Engelse blog😉) 15/08/19-16/08/19 The night train arrived only 30 minutes late into Hue, where we got a cab to the Times Hotel (very nice for only €5 each!). We grabbed a coffee whilst we made up our plans for the next few days - Vietnam is such a good place to be … Continue reading Hué’s Forbidden City & biking the Hai van Pass →

(Nederlandse vertaling onder Engelse blog😉) 12/08/19 - 14/08/19 We started our last morning in Cat Ba with a delicious Vietnamese pancake and fruit breakfast before our bus came to bring us to the speedboat back to the mainland. From there we took another bus, and with a banh mi (Vietnamese bread) on the way we … Continue reading Ninh Binh – so glad we’ve Binh! →

(Nederlandse vertaling onder Engelse blog 😉) 10/8/19 - 12/8/19 We left Hanoi early in the morning to get the bus to Cat Ba island, a part of Halong bay. After a 2.5 hour bus journey we took a speed boat to the island, which was very confusing as nobody really spoke English so we just … Continue reading Cat Ba: sea, fish, and too damn hot →

(Nederlandse vertaling onder Engelse blog 😉) 7/8/19 - 9/8/19 After the alarm at 6am (hefty with the jetlag still) we got to the bus station and were pleasantly surprised that we were put on a sleeper bus for the 6 hour journey to Sapa - the beds were actually comfortable, and we got spectacular views … Continue reading Sapa: rice, rice, baby →

(Nederlandse vertaling onder Engelse blog 😉) 4/8/19 - 7/8/19 With the morning being so humid, we weren't in the mood for a Pho (traditional noodle soup - but we do aim for a couple sometime this trip!), so instead being European, we enjoyed a croissant for breakfast - though we did wash it down with … Continue reading Hanoi… “the city of peace” (or so they say) →

(Nederlandse vertaling beneden😉) After over 28 hours of travelling we made it to our first destination: Hanoi! The long journey was broken up via stops in Abu Dhabi and Bangkok, where we faced no issues except a weird passport control in Bangkok airport - where we had to give in our passports to Vietnam airways … Continue reading We made it! →