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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October 5th – Our day started with a city tour. One of our tour options was to visit Ho Ch Minh’s tomb and childhood home. However, the queues for Ho Chi Minh can be several hours long especially on weekends so we swapped out the tomb for the well-respected ‘Vietnam Museum of Ethnography’. The…
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Our flight out of Luang Prabang to Hanoi was later in the afternoon and Fhan arranged for a late checkout today. We tried to chip away at our ever-tardy blog. Meager progress at best. I took a short walk into town to get some last pictures then we had a nice lunch at the Maisson. …
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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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