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Hoi An markets, old quarter and countryside – Vietnam
[caption id="attachment_2784" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Selling chickens[/caption] Hoi An was definitely one of my favourite places in Vietnam. A beautifully preserved old quarter, not too busy and amazing countryside just outside the city. Hoi An i...
Nha Trang to Hoi An train – Vietnam
Sleeper trains are one of the cheap, interesting ways to get around Vietnam. I had read a lot of horror stories about them being dirty and disgusting but my experience was that they were certainly noisy and bumpy, but clean and safe. However some other p...
Nha Trang boat trip – Vietnam
Over the years I have been on quite a few tourist boat trips, so I wasn't expecting too much form this one, but it turned out to be both fun and educational. We started off by crossing the bay to a nearby island where we walked through the back streets v...
Nha Trang Temples – Vietnam
In Asia the number of temples can sometimes be overwhelming but with not much else to do we went to see a few in Nha Trang. This temple was quite different to the others being built from brick, and for some reason completely invaded by bus loads of Russi...
Mekong Delta – Vietnam
Having left the village huts we were staying in we got a boat nearby to travel up river to the floating markets. People from around the whole Mekong Delta bring their produce here by boat and sell it on the river. There were amazing colours and textur...