Plane to Phu Quoc At the end of our trip we visited for five days Phu Quoc Island. Besides the possibility to reach the island with charter boats , you have a good chance to get cheap flights from Sài Gòn when you plan early enough. As you can see...
The old Opera House in Ho-Chi-Minh-City After our relaxing days in Mũi Né we set out to go to Sài Gòn by bus. The official name of Vietnam’s largest city, which was the capital of the Republic of Vietnam until 1975, is Ho-Chi-Minh-City (HCMC). Unfortunately, we could not stay more...
Beach in Mui Ne We took the “soft sleeper” bus from Hội An to Mũi Né. For about 26 dollars we were able to buy a ticket that can be used to go to Saigon without need to specify in advance how long and how many stops you make on...
Relaxing in Hội An We spent 3 days in Hội An that we used mainly for recovery. The city, the environment and especially the beach invite to relax. We stayed at the very nice hotel “Golden Sand Resort & Spa”, which is made for relaxation, but also requires a bigger...
Marble Mountains From Đà Nẵng we set out for Hội An. After around 9 km by car we reached the so-called Marble Mountains. The Ngũ Hành Sơn, as they are called in Vietnam, are five wooded marble mountains whose peaks can be visited. We decided to climb the mountain Thủy...
After two days in Huế we took a rented car with a driver on the way to Đà Nẵng. Actually, it is much cheaper to travel this route by train, but we had planned to make some intermediate stops. Bathe at the Elephant Springs Our first stop were the so-called...
Couch on the soft sleeper bus After a 12-hour bus ride we arrived more or less rested in Huế. The “soft sleeper” bus from Hanoi to Huế (about 15 dollars) is, compared to the train (about 35 dollars), for smaller people in any case the much cheaper alternative. For tall...
In the following article we report on some Vietnamese features that have attracted our attention during our journey through Vietnam. On the one hand they are very interesting and on the other hand they may also help to behave appropriately and politely as a tourist in Vietnam. First something about...
Halong Bay By night train from Sa Pa we drove to Ha Noi and arrived at the railway station at 4 o’clock in the morning. A taxi took us in total darkness to our Travel Agency. From there we started our trip to Halong Bay around 8 a.m. We decided...
Tour to Sa Pa After three days in Ha Noi, we decided to make a trip to Sa Pa. Unfortunately it was not as easy as we had imagined. It is apparently not possible to travel there independently, because train tickets for sleeping compartments are fully booked a few days...