Cooking with Ngan One of the plans of the trip is to try a cooking course in most of the countries we end up visiting. Tash had found 'the waterwheel cooking class' as number one on trip advisor. You of course have to take these things with a pinch of salt. The number one curry house in my home town is horrendous and has been rated by people with no mouth. We met our guide Ngan who had us cycle down the road to the local market to buy some produce and also poin...

Gecko vs Cockroach Today we went to Cua Dai Beach. We had read a lot about it being very busy and touristy on some parts but we didn't find that, maybe as our hotel took us to a quieter bit. Towards the end of the day we walked up the beach and it was deserted, as if we had the whole of it to ourselves. We got chatting to a couple from Vancouver who were staying in the same hotel, they splashed out on the honeymoon suit just for some luxury but the hotel staff k...

We found the sun Hoi An is a beach destination in Central Vietnam, and is around a 14 hour train journey from Hanoi. Because of our recent journeys we decided to cheat and take the plane (1 hour). More expensive, but sounded much more appealing, but as Tash's sister says we are 'flash packing' after all. On arriving in Danang (the gateway city for Hoi An) we were instantly hit with the heat (in the same way it does on a summer holiday). We also joked about how ...

Who stole Tam Coc? We are approaching that point where I will stop talking about redoing stuff I have already done! I really wanted to go back to Tam Coc in Ninh Binh. They call it the Halong Bay inland because of the karsts. You get on a boat, and are rowed down a river by ladies using their feet rather than arms. They may also be some of the happiest people in the world! We booked the day trip, visited some temples to add to my temple count and then stopped o...

Cafe Trung There have been two times in my life that I have consumed egg. Once today and the other in the exact same place back in 2011. My friend Darren laughed some 25 months ago at the cup of traditional egg coffee placed in front of me because it contained my favourite thing (coffee) and most hated (egg). Coming back to Hanoi I knew I would have to visit the same establishment, mainly because it's secret location is amazing and also it had to be something Ta...