How can you visit Vietnam and not take a boat trip around Ha Long Bay? There are various arranged trips to and around Ha Long Bay that vary in price but all do essentially the same route and visit the same things. We organised our trip through the hostel we were staying at in Tam…
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Eating Our Way Up The East Coast
Starting in Hồ Chí Minh City and ending up north in the capital Hanoi, we’ve definitely eaten our fair share of noodles, rice and spring rolls! I mentioned in my last post that the food in Vietnam is definitely underrated. Here are a few of the dishes we demolished whilst exploring Hồ Chí Minh City,…
Vietnamese Street Food
I know there are places to get street food all over the world, but street food here in Vietnam quite literally means “eat your food sat on plastic chairs on the street.” It’s all cooked and eaten literally a meter from busy traffic, on tiny pavements and backstreets in makeshift cafes that are set up…
Hồ Chí Minh City (in 48 hours)
Dubbed one of the most up and coming cities in the world, Hồ Chí Minh (originally Saigon) feels like it’s moving at 100 miles per hour. The Vietnamese people who whizz around these streets appear carefree on the busiest morning commute I’ve ever seen – every hour is rush hour. Flying through the day but…
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