Vietnam Costs and Review See our general tip page here. Note the costs here do not include external flights, vaccines and insurance etc – this will be detailed at the end of the trip. Total per day VND gbp VND gbp Accommodation 7,056,000 £225.49 415,059 £13.26 Trains 0 £0.00 […]
Vietnam
1 See trip index here,Vietnam index here and additional Vietnam photos here After new year we carried on exploring Ho Chi Minh – but just as the , most things are closed at new year. So sadly, for 2 days most of the shops were closed and the typically buzzing atmosphere […]
59-63 Ho Chi Minh, Mekong to Cambodia
See trip index here,Vietnam index here and additional Vietnam photos here For our last full day in Hoi An we decided to go to the Marble Mountains which are about 30km away. We were told the only way to get there was via a private taxi ($25) and then get […]
55-58 Hoi An to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)
2 See trip index here,Vietnam index here and additional Vietnam photos here Our fiftieth day started early for a 6am tour to the DMZ. Yeah – I know we hate organised tours, but there is very little alternative to see the DMZ. Annoyingly, we got picked up at 6am, driven around […]
50-54 Hue to Hoi An (My Son)
2 See trip index here,Vietnam index here and additional Vietnam photos here Hanoi is still a city of chaos – not a place to come if you want a relaxing time. For new westerners street eating isn’t easy, most places don’t have menus or speak English and as Mel doesn’t eat […]
46-50 Hanoi, Ha Long Bay to Hue
1 See trip index here Vietnam index here and additional Vietnam photos here After an early start we got our bus to KL, quite a posh coach. Yet despite all the naff busses we’ve used, it was this posh one that kept breaking down… We did make the airport on time […]