We had an all-day cooking class today with Red Bridge Cookery in Hoi An. There were five of us today – Mimi, our instructor, and a couple and their adult daughter from Germany. We started the class with a drive of about 30 minutes to ‘Tra Que Vegetable Village’, a commune of local organic farmers. …
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We left Hanoi this morning for a 3-hour drive to Halong Bay where we booked an overnight cruise on the ‘Peony’. Halong Bay (aka ‘Land of the Descending Dragon’) consists of a unique network of limestone islands and mountains in the Gulf of Tonkin. The area is UNIESCO designated due to the limestone ‘karsts’ which…
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It’s an early start this morning. Fahn and Touy (our driver) picked us up at 5:15 am to watch the monks and novices collect alms. The Buddhist way of life is deeply ingrained in Laotian culture. Some 80% of Laotian youth and nearly all of the children living outside the major cities spend time as…
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We had a free morning to settle into our hotel, the ‘Maison Dalabua’, in the historic area of Luang Prabang. ‘Dalabua’ means ‘Lotus Princess’. The hotel is surrounded by three UNESCO classified lily ponds set in an acre of tropical gardens. I didn’t know that ponds could be classified as UNESCO sites but they are very…
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