A rather early morning, overcast and a bit steamy, we set off for the imperial city of the Nguyen Kings, Hue. Located along the coast between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh on a narrow stretch of land in Thua Thien Hue Province.We stop at the famous China Beach on the country’s coastline, set on the South China Sea, this is one of the longest and most beautiful beaches in the country. In 1960s and 1970s history, China Beach is where thousands of American soldiers ...

A magical day, an insight into the unique farming and fishing techniques adopted by the locals.We started in a vegetable garden with the locals, a farming couple welcomed us with beautiful smiles and constant acknowledging nods whilst the guide showed us how this couple maintain and harvest their garden with the help of the rest of the family. Each garden is about 500 square metres, they start in the morning very early about 4am to collect enough herbs, vegetabl...

This morning we head to the colourful market of Hoi An, to learn about the ingredients that we'll be using in the cooking lesson at Vy's Market Restaurant and Cooking School we are all looking forward to.The market is alive with colour, chatter, pace and smells of all types from the yummy to the woofy!   We are shown all the different herbs, meats, fruits, vegetables, fish, breads, pasta's and the utensils used for the dainty ways the Vietnamese s...

I woke this morning, opened our balcony doors and watched the scenery go by, it was so tranquil seeing the many limestone mountains with overhead birds hovering, we definitely did not wish to leave this boat yet! 10am we joined a tea ceremony on the top deck and then disembarked about 11am.     It was hard to leave. Today was a travel day mostly, and that gave us time to reflect on such a wonderful stay on Halong Bay.   We fly to Hoi An.What a fun place t...

A fun day, the morning takes us to the Surprise Grotto, a cave with impressive stalactites and stalagmites and the afternoon a bike ride from the port to the village of Cat Ba where we see the organic farming and young school children attending school.  We are on standby for return to port, as a China storm/wind is supposedly coming, however it never came, so the day finished with a swim, overlooked by the grand peaceful limestone karsts and isles - relaxatio...