Travellers could soon be able surf in Bali, shop in Singapore and eat spicy street food in Thailand before crossing into Cambodia and cruising the Mekong in Vietnam – all on a single tourist visa.- reported by thanhniennews.com The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is working on a plan that would open the region […]
There is no easy way to get from Hanoi to Luang Prabang. The bus ride takes around 24 hours, tickets might be oversold so one can end up sitting on the corridor for 24 hours. Therefore we decided to take a flight with Lao Airlines. The ticket cost was 3.335.000 Dong per person which is […]
ATMs are widely available in Vietnam. The maximum amount you can withdraw in 99% of the ATMs is 2.000.000 Dong and there is a commission when you withdraw money. The commission is usually 20.000 or 30.000 Dong / withdrawal. Money exchange is done in every bank BUT there is a catch banks will only exchange […]
Once we got to Hanoi the first thing we were trying to do is to get to Ha Long Bay. There are many tours going some of them for 2 days ( staying 1 night on the boat ) three days ( 1 night on the boat and one night in a hotel ). We […]
Love it or hate it. As simple as that 🙂 When we arrived to Hanoi we didn’t like it at all and at the end of our stay We loved it 🙂 The old town as the name might suggests is very compact, dirty and the traffic is even more chaotic than anywhere else in […]
We were going to see a couple of cities on the way and initially wanted to go all the way by train but due to the weather conditions we decided to pay a higher price and take the plane directly to Hanoi. We were delayed one day because landslides took out the road to the […]
Nha Trang is a very lovely city with a nice beach too bad that it was raining for our 5 days stay. We were going to wait until the weather improves but it just kept on raining. I would love to report on the lovely beach, the magnificent cable car, and all the excellent things […]
There are several ways to get from Ho Chi Minh to Nha Trang: – Train Reunification Express it takes about 8-9 hours – Sleeping Bus takes about 12 hours ( yuk ) – Airplane We took option one. It did cost us 199.000 VND / person to get to Tha Trang. We booked 2 standard […]
Accommodation: From $10 to $30 We paid $25 a night and had a very nice room with view over the city. Beer: Local beer in a pub around 20.000 Dong Beer: Local beer in a shop around 12.000 Dong Local food: Around 25.000 Dong Western food: Around 50.000 Dong this includes KFC or Kebabs 🙂 […]
We booked this through our hotel. The day tour costs $9 which includes lunch and sampling of local products like coconut candy or honey tea. For an additional $14 they take you back to Saigon with a speedboat otherwise the same bus will take you back. The tour starts at 7:30 from Saigon then the […]