Author: Paul
Motorbike Roadtrip (Day 1)
Day 96 – Dalat, Vietnam – 6:13 AM Last Wednesday I took an overnight bus from Hoin An to Nha Trang and arrived early in the morning. I hailed a cab from the bus stop to my accommodation, Backpack Hostel. I stepped from the taxi and proceeded down an alley. I cautiously walked not knowing […]
Seamstresses and Measurements
Day 90 – Long Phu, Vietnam – 8:27 PM Tonight I am traveling south from Hoi An to Nha Trang. Having ridden an overnight train last week, I decided to reserve a seat on an overnight bus for this leg of the trip. The seat I am occupying reclines almost perfectly flat however I am […]
Vlog #1 Followup
I understand that many of you read my posts in email format and the pictures are normally included. However, the vlog I just posted did not appear in your email. Apparently WordPress does not include embedded videos in emails to subscribers because the quality will drastically decrease. I apologize, but in order to view vlog […]
Overnight Train from Ninh Binh to Hue (vlog #1)
Day 91 – Hoi An, Vietnam – 7:32 AM So far this blog has consisted of words and pictures to document my travels. However, from Day 1, my intention was to use video as well to bring you along on this adventure. Since I left New England last November, I have been videoing most of my […]
100 Miles on a Motorbike
Day 88 – Hoi An, Vietnam – 3:19 PM My two days in Hue, Vietnam were packed with a visit to The Citadel and a visit by motorbike to local tombs on the outskirts of the city. I arrived in Hue by overnight train at 8 AM Wednesday morning. My hostel, Hue Backpackers, did not […]
Overnight Trains in Vietnam
Day 85 – Hue, Vietnam – 10:04 PM On Tuesday night, I boarded an overnight train from Ninh Binh to Hue, Vietnam. The day prior, I bicycled to the Ninh Binh train station from the nearby village of Tam Coc to purchase a ticket on the following nights southbound train. My intention was to reserve […]
Cold & Wet in Tam Coc
Day 84 – Ninh Bin, Vietnam – 12:39 PM After reading the title of this post “Cold & Wet in Tam Coc”, I am sure you can guess the weather I have had to endure since I arrived Sunday morning. I must admit the conditions here are not as severe as those many of you […]
What I’m Carrying
Day 82 – Tam Coc, Vietnam – 9:38 PM This post is not going to follow the typical pattern of informing you about my day to day activities. Rather I am going to give you an idea of what I have in my two backpacks. Clothing Electronics / Odds & Ends Packs
Motorbiking Around Mai Chau
Day 80 – Mai Chau, Vietnam – 2:45 PM Last Wednesday, after spending three days in Hanoi, I boarded an early morning bus bound for Mai Chau. Nearly four hours later, I arrived in the small district 65 miles southwest of Hanoi. During the bus ride, I met a couple from Australia and an Isreali. Our […]
With Time, Comes Normalcy
Day 77 – Hanoi, Vietnam – 10:58 PM As with anything in life, the more time you devote to a subject or situation, the more comfortable you become with it. The same can be said for foreign countries. What seems to be chaotic at first becomes second nature as time progresses. My time in Hanoi […]