Archive for the ‘Vietnam’ Category

PHONG NHA – KE BANG NATIONAL PARK

Sunday, December 4th, 2011
PHONG NHA – KE BANG NATIONAL PARK

Phong Nha – Ke Bang is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Bo Trach and Minh Hoa districts of central Quang Binh Province, in north-central Vietnam, about 500 km south of the nation’s capital, Hanoi. The park borders the Hin Namno Nature Reserve in the province of Khammouan, Laos [...]

HA LONG BAY In Vietnam

Sunday, December 4th, 2011
HA LONG BAY In Vietnam

Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a popular travel destination, located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long City, Cẩm Phả town, and part of Van Don district. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. [...]

Arriving in Mai Chau Valley

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Arriving in Mai Chau Valley

Mai Chau is located in Hoa Binh province, approximately 135 km from Hanoi and 60 km from Hoa Binh. From the top of Cun Mountain, one can admire the superb panorama of Mai Chau surrounded by a green valley and stilt houses. Many minorities, including the Thai ethnic group, live in Mai Chau.
Stilt houses border [...]

Best vacation on Tam Coc and Hoa Lu

Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Best vacation on Tam Coc and Hoa Lu

Tam Coc means three caves, which takes about two hours driving from Hanoi (110 km) to the South, and visitors may say that distance is not a matter after seating in a boat rowed by one or two local persons in Hoang Long river and see the first limestone mountains, which will run along their [...]

Hue Royal City

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Hue Royal City

The imperial city of Hue, situated in the Thua Thien-Hue province of Vietnam is famous between tourists for its magnificent monuments and architectural buildings. Located in the central Vietnam there is some useful information related to Hue city that one should know while staying or before heading to the city.
At the beginning of the [...]

Hoi An- Ancient City of Vietnam

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Hoi An- Ancient City of Vietnam

Hoi An, popularly identified as Faifo, is a picturesque town set along the coasts of South China Sea. The place is known as a shopping paradise that attracts you towards its wonderful souvenirs, craft handiworks, antique pieces, silk materials and art paintings etc. Hoi An, which is also called the Ancient City of Vietnam, is [...]

Mu Cang Chai terraced field

Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Mu Cang Chai terraced field

A trip to Mu Cang Chai District reminds one of the Robert Frost poem:
Two roads diverged in a wood
And I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference.

Mu Cang Chai in Yen Bai Province, about 350 kilometers from Hanoi and 1,000 meters above sea level, is unique and not well-known to [...]