Destination: Vietnam

Ha Long Bay

Wed, 22 Jul 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [208]

We booked on to the infamous Castaways tour to Ha Long Bay - one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. Castaways is full of backpackers and is essentially a 3 day party on a private beach and a boat. After the 5 hour trip from Hanoi we got to the ... Read more >

Make a Vietnamese style

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 | By snation | Views [225] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I am now a student at university. But my major is Food Technology. Making film is my life. I love it and learned it myself and I do it with all my passion. Besides that, I love beautiful places and traditions of countries. So that I will do all my best ... Read more >

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Hot in Hanoi

Mon, 20 Jul 2015 | By mwollak | Views [421]

Hello from Hanoi!     We flew in on Sunday afternoon and got to our hotel just before dinner time.  We walked down the street to the Dong Xuan Night Market.  It was even more extensive (but much less crowded) than the markets ... Read more >

Sapa

Sun, 19 Jul 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [207]

We took a bus 5 hours out of Hanoi to Sapa in the mountains near the border of China. We had decided that we wanted to see a bit more of rural Vietnam so organised a homestay for 3 days with a Vietnamese family up in a mountain village near Sapa called ... Read more >

Photos: Vietnam 2015

Sun, 19 Jul 2015 | By mwollak | Photo Gallery

Hanoi

Sat, 18 Jul 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [190]

After taking an overnight bus to get to Hanoi, which went without any hiccups, we got ripped off as soon as we got to the city by getting in a taxi with a rigged meter - we ended up paying 10x the price it should have been. We thought about contesting ... Read more >

Walk in a busy Ho Chi Minh Street

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 | By dreamcatchers | Views [294] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I think I should be chosen because nobody would want to be a part of this more than me. I am a communications professional who has done filmmaking in the past but couldn't pursue it further due to financial issues. But now with this chance i would like ... Read more >

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Day 75 – 14th July 2015 Tuesday – Nha Trang

Wed, 15 Jul 2015 | By wendyandkevin | Views [360]

Kevin was off riding again at 5.15. I watched the end of the movie, Spy that I  had started watching last night. I then had breakfast and decided to cut my hair one last time. I went down and got the broom and pan and got to it. I got a message ... Read more >

Day 74 – 13th July 2015 Monday – Nha Trang

Tue, 14 Jul 2015 | By wendyandkevin | Views [366]

Kevin was off riding at 5.15am. I left him having breakfast to bed to LBH to get a thatched shelter on the beach for another day of lounging around and swimming. The boys had actually reserved a spot for me. I was thrilled. They even bring me free iced ... Read more >

Hue

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [182]

7 of us had booked a dorm room in the hostel together but they had fully booked so we got upgraded to 2 hotel style private rooms - for the same price of $4 a night! Huub, Vicky and I ended up sharing the room and it was luxury, just what we needed after ... Read more >

Hoi An to Hue Motorbike Tour

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [292]

We realised that we'd be missing out massively if we didn't do a motorbike tour from Hoi An through the Hai Van Mountain Pass to Hue which was made famous by the Top Gear Vietnam episode - Clarkson praised it as 'one of the best coast roads in the world'.... Read more >

Hoi An

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [203] | Comments [2]

We arrived at 7am after the 12 hour bus journey - which thankfully went relatively smoothly except for the crazy driving and awful bumpy roads! We sunbathed for most of the day around the pool in the hostel and played some pool (pretty badly). That evening ... Read more >

Nha Trang

Mon, 6 Jul 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [208]

We really don't have much luck with the sleeper buses - our bus to Nha Trang crashed into an oncoming truck! Luckily no one was hurt but we had to wait for another bus to come adding about 3 hours to our journey. We're both nervous for the 12 hour bus ... Read more >

Mui Ne

Sat, 4 Jul 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [213]

We had an eventful start to our few days in Mui Ne. After almost missing the bus from Ho Chi Minh City, it blew a tyre a few hours into the journey. It took the drivers about 2 and a half hours to fix it and screw a new one on at the side of the road.... Read more >

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Thu, 2 Jul 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [269]

We're now in Vietnam which is the part of the trip we were most excited for. We spent 2 days in Ho Chi Minh City visiting the War Museum, Cu Chi Tunnels and a waterpark. The sound of the city is the beeping from all the motorbikes (of which there ... Read more >