Celebrating long life

Throwing a party for your elderly relatives is a way of also reminding younger generations of Vietnam’s traditionally Confucian origins, says Thanh Dat Vietnamese families often throw a party for elderly...

Day Four – Back Flips, Kayaks and Limestone Pillar Islands (Return Halong B...

This is an entry about Ben’s day trip to Halong Bay in his Vietnam travel. Feeling the peace of the bay, discovering the miraculous of it by kayaking! June 12th, 2007 We’d been drinking, Danny and I, perhaps a little too much to be jumping off Junk boats but man it was...

Lost in Halong Bay

When the bus pulled up to the departure point for Halong Bay I was a little put-off by the incredible number of tourists. But I had heard that Vietnamese drive boats the same way they drive motorbikes and I was...
 

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