One of our touring highlights in Central Vietnam was a day of traditional farming and fishing in Hoi An. Russ took a vacation from the itinerary and opted to stay home with an economics book (?!) while the kids and I took off on a special eco-tour. We drove to the outskirts of the Farming […]
From Halong Bay we hopped a short flight south to the middle of Vietnam. Here the village of Hoi An has been preserved and restored using old-style Vietnamese architecture. We stayed nearby at the exquisite Nam Hai resort that is one of the jewel properties for the year. A “villa” at the Nam Hai includes […]
Why do so many Hanoi tourists suffer a jarring three hour drive through Vietnam’s endless rice paddies, just to spend an evening on the waters of Halong Bay? We boarded an (extremely well-appointed) old-style wooden junk to find out. The boat set sail at lunch and a few hours later we were gliding past startling rock formations jutting […]
Who doesn’t love a good love story? Every country seems to have one. Here in Vietnam, one of the most poignant is widely known but officially unrecognized by the Vietnamese government: it is the true story of Ho Chi Minh and his Chinese wife and it goes something like this. Ho Chi Minh was born […]
Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam, a government center that is home to the country’s largest concentration of intellectuals and artists. Dusty construction confronts us in every direction. The city population just passed the 9 million mark and the streets are buzzing. This is the perfect place for cultural adventures. So much is foreign here […]
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