Hue to Hoi An The city of Hue is the most northerly large city of former South Vietnam. If you ask a Vietnamese person in Australia or anywhere else in the world where they come from and they say "From the north" they most likely come from Hue. At the time when Vietnam was split into two countries (North and South Vietnam) the old border was just north of Hue. When the North overrun the South the North Vietnamese saw the southerners as traitors and many people w...

In my last blog I mentioned some of the small things which are unusual, and can be annoying for travellers from other countries. However, there is also the other side of the coin. There are some very positive experiences which are unheard of in other countries. For example back in 2013 I was riding through some remote villages here in Vietnam - it was a very hot day and I had decided to ride in my T-shirt. I stopped in a village at a drink stall but the only...