A hotel in the cemetery Entering Hue at peak hour is a Saigon traffic like experience fighting for road space while dodging scooters coming in from your left and right. The worrying part is that many people are using their mobile phone in one hand while clamping a child or a goat between their knees with their wife on the back holding a baby. Bypassing the city to continue to the coast was the best option. We needed a break and a nice place to stay. Earlier i...

The Greyhound and the Hare on the Ho Chi Min trail. After leaving Dong Ha, just north of the old North-South border you have a choice turning west to follow the infamous Highway nr 9. This road runs almost parallel to the DMZ but a bit further south. There are several ex USA camps along the route if you can find them- it is best to use a guide. This area was the scene of heavy fighting during the Vietnam conflict. Before reaching the town of Khe Sanh you cross...

The City of Ninh Binh lies south of Hanoi and has something special to offer, however most tourist take the bus and travel straight though to Hue. People who have some interest in Vietnam know the area of Halong Bay with its 100's of lime stone islands rising up out of the bay. The area around Ninh Binh is often referred to as "Halong Bay on land". The Karsts Mountains and rocks rise from the land and the roads wind around them. Amongst this runs a slow running n...