Category Archives: Travel Diary

We arrived in Hoi An and all I knew is that we were there for 3 nights so I could unpack and sort myself out. I have to admit that I had not done too much research on the area, I just wanted to go with the flow. It is about 100 miles from HueContinueContinue reading “The Highs and Lows of Hoi An”

Christmas Eve, 2019 was spent in Hue, after the dragon boat ride along the Perfume River, we were treated to a Christmas Eve dinner courtesy of On the Go Tours, let’s just say that the thought was there!! Adam, a fellow traveller, had gone out and bought us all Christmas hats to get us inContinueContinue reading “Sticky Rice and Happy Stops….”

I am going to stray a bit here and I will apologise for that from the start. This post will probably come across as a bit of a personal therapy session but please bear with me. Within the last 10 months I have had to attend two funerals, which may not seem noteworthy i theContinueContinue reading “Thought of the day?”

As I mentioned before, I am making a little side trip back to UK via Singapore and so I am writing this a bit disjointed as I know I have not finished the Vietnam and Cambodia trip yet. It is all a bit of a blur, I will admit, with the jet lag, very earlyContinueContinue reading “Pressing the Pause Button”

Walking around the Old Town area of Hanoi in the afternoon confirmed my thoughts on how much it reminded me of some of the quieter Bombay streets. Shops piled up their wares on the pavement, hung up in string lengths, ladies sat on the pavement selling vegetables in great wicker baskets, so much like BreachContinueContinue reading “Hanoi to Hue, 23rd December, 2019.”

Dubai to Hanoi, 21 December, 2019. Yes, I know the title is cheesy but had to be done! Left Dubai at some silly time (3.40 am) for the 5 hour flight to Hanoi on my parent’s 58th Wedding Anniversary to start my trip, bittersweet journey but looking forward to it. I did wonder if IContinueContinue reading “Gooooood Morning Vietnam!”

Thank you for joining me on this adventure/ journey/ flight of fancy/ foolish waste of time and money….. take your pick. Actually I am writing this on a traditional Vietnamese junk boat sailing around Halong Bay so at this moment in time, it is a great adventure. So what is my motivation for this trip,ContinueContinue reading “Well, here goes….”