We drove up a winding, bumpy road through a small village. Our hotel was at a turn in the road. There were cement trucks laying down cement. The next morning, we had to sprint back from our walk around the village because they had got up to the street in front of the hotel. Read More …
It was a 3 hour drive from Hanoi to Ha Long Bay. We got to the dock and, 20 minutes later, we were cruising around the bay. Our ship is called the Valentine. Unfortunately, this boat trip is only one day. The food is good on the boat. Did you know there are 3000 islands Read More …
Hanoi was cold and kind of damp. We had a good dinner at a place called Seasons. We spent the day walking around town seeing where Ho Chi Minh is “sleeping,”, a water puppet show and we went in to the Hanoi Hilton – it isn’t a hotel. I will tell you more when I Read More …
Hoi An is way smaller than Saigon. My favorite thing that we did was a cooking class. We made our own noodles. I liked our hotel. Unfortunately, even though we were on the beach, the red flag was up the whole time, so, we had to swim in the pool instead of the ocean. Fortunately, Read More …
After a week at the beach, we came back to Saigon to celebrate the new year. We were busy for all 3 days. We visited the Cu Chi Tunnels with our other awesome guide, Khoi. The story that they told of the war was different than the story we heard in the USA. They Read More …
Today we went from Can Tho to Phu Quoc. It is an island that is closer to Cambodia, but it’s Vietnamese. We were lucky because the new airport just opened on the 15th of December and it is really nice and new. This is supposed to be an off week for celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas. Read More …
From Siem Reap we flew to Saigon. After we got through Customs, we saw our guide’s smiling face. His name is Khoi. He is nice and friendly. After a little drive, we made it to the hotel. Since we have stayed at so many Marriotts and Renaissances, we were up on the 15th floor, facing Read More …
