We have finally gotten used to seeing so many people wearing face masks in Vietnam, mainly women with their faces almost completely covered with a facemask, sunglasses and hat. We found out the biggest reason for wearing face masks, pollution aside, is to protect their faces from the sun. Dark skin is a big no-no here and there are skin whitening products avaliable everywhere; its just not cool to be tanned here ( so im REALLY uncool right now and Dom is super co...

After a voyage on the starship enterprise night bus we arrived into the ancient city of Hue. We then walked 2 miles to our hotel with our backpacks. Shelly has a small fold up trolley for her backpack, so she normally walks with a smug grin, however when we come across some stairs the smugness is all mine. Hue is an ancient city and used to be the home of the emperor. This imperial city used to be the capital of Vietnam until communism gained strength and the ca...

Xin chao! After a very early and tiresome journey with taxis and a flight we finally arrive in Hanoi, Vietnam. We are staying in the old quarter part of town and find it surprisingly picturesque. Never seen so many scooters. 60% of the Hanoi population own a scooter and the pavements are used to park them. Means you have to walk in the road and avoid more scooters. Scooters are used to carry everything, trees, massive boxes, .....pigs. Carol and Shaun, we s...