Hue and the Thien Mu Pagoda
Hue was a lovely surprise. A big city with a relaxed small town feel perhaps thanks to it’s huge student population. Coming from Hanoi,…
Before joining us at InsideAsia, Ruth worked in an eclectic array of capacities, ranging from marketing Bosch power tools in Germany to entertaining kids at an Italian summer camp, teaching English in Malawi, working in a flower shop and scoring at a clay pigeon range (to name but a few). In Indochina, she has travelled the length of Vietnam from north to south and followed the Mekong through Laos and into Cambodia - both times researching the very best hotels and experiences to offer to our clients. Her favourite place in Southeast Asia was the elephant conservation centre in Sayaboury, Laos, where she met ex-working elephants given a better life by the sanctuary, and passed her elephant driving test! When she's not in the office or on the road, Ruth is a stalwart of her local netball team, a fan of foreign films and cider, and loves reading books set in far-flung places.
Hue was a lovely surprise. A big city with a relaxed small town feel perhaps thanks to it’s huge student population. Coming from Hanoi,…
We were already hooked on Vietnamese food, but as we’ve travelled south down to Hue and Hoi An the meals are just getting better…
It was a privilege to visit the Tuesday morning market at Coc Ly, in Lao Cai province near Sapa in north-western Vietnam. This is…
As well as visiting the rural villages around Sapa Vietnam, we enjoyed exploring the town itself. Although when we arrived, we couldn’t see much…
Oh Sapa, Sapa! How we fell in love with you and your people. After taking the night train from Hanoi, it was a real…
It’s a hard job waking up to views like this, but somebody has to do it. Today we’re exploring beautiful Halong Bay, a World…
Of course a big part of our research trip is to try as much of the local food as we can. Here are some…
Our tour of Vietnam begins in the capital, Hanoi, on a hot, hot, hot sunny day in November. There is a famous saying in…