Da Lat, also known as Vegetable Garden of Vietnam, City of Eternal Spring and City of Thousands of Pine Trees, lies 1’500 meter above sea level and is a popular place for honeymooners and nature lovers. The bus ride to Da Lat was rather horrible, mostly because of the 1’000 construction sites we had to cross, but all the pain was gone in the minute we...
Read MoreSometimes, life as a traveler can get too overwhelming. All you need at this point is a cozy bungalow and a beach. In case this happens to you around the middle of Vietnam, as it did to us, we highly recommend staying a day or two at Beach Bar Hue. Although the city of Hue surely is nice, we preferred staying at the beach and doing nothing (well, almost). Do: Go for...
Read MoreHa Long Bay is one of 7 Nature Wonders of the World and features thousands of limestone islands in various sizes and shapes. Do: Book a two-day-one-night-cruise and don’t choose the cheapest offer (we got a good deal with Lemon Cruise). The cruise company will pick you up in Hanoi and bring you back the following day. See: Caves, the beautiful island scenery...
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The street that connects Vang Vieng with Luang Prabang is about 150 kilometers, contains countless curves and holes and leads through a mountain area to 1’700 meters above sea level. What started as a nice little road trip with only the two of us in a Minivan ended up as a 6 hour torture: more and more locals got on the bus, filled barf bag after barf bag and...
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Since every traveler we met who had visited Cambodia was enthusiastic about Angkor Wat, we planned a stopover in Siem Reap to explore the area. We were welcomed once more by our two friends heat and humidity at the airport: They almost killed us when we stepped off the plane. The short ride to our guesthouse in downtown took us past an endless seeming strip of...
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