Vietnam
Three Countries Down, Bring on the Next
Day 106 – Bavet, Cambodia – 1:02 PM My four weeks in Vietnam have officially come to a close. I just crossed through the border checkpoint between Vietnam and Cambodia on a bus I boarded this morning in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. The seven-hour journey is almost half over and in short order […]
8-Day Motorcycle Journey (Full Summary)
Day 102 – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – 8:56 PM My 8-day motorcycle journey through the southern half of Vietnam has come to a close. I will attempt to provide a detailed summary of the previous week but I doubt my words can express the fulfillment I attained during this adventure. At the close […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]