Coc Ly Market, Sapa
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…
The mists of Sapa Vietnam
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!
Oh Sapa, Sapa! How we fell in love with you and your people. After taking the night train from Hanoi, it was a real…
Halong Bay; “Where the dragon descends into the sea”
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…
Love. Vietnam. Food: the North
Of course a big part of our research trip is to try as much of the local food as we can. Here are some…
“To be as easy-going and open as a Hanoian”
Our tour of Vietnam begins in the capital, Hanoi, on a hot, hot, hot sunny day in November. There is a famous saying in…
The InsideVietnam Tours team have arrived!
We’re here at last, the Inside Vietnam Tours team have arrived! It’s Day 1 of our research trip and first stop is Ho Chi…
Birth of a beautiful thing – The Inside Vietnam blog
For those of you in the know, you may have heard that we are in the process of launching a Vietnam blog here at InsideVietnam…