UnTour Shanghai indeed Xx
Our Untour street food tour of Shanghai might be the most aptly named food tour we’ve ever been on. UN satisfying, UN local guides and oh we ate in restaurants at every stop so...
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Shanghai, China, Day Five
Day five started as day four ended, pretzelled in a narrow bunk gently swaying from side to side on the overnight train to Shanghai. The night had been punctuated by Ma on the bottom...
Beijing, China, Day Three
Day three started with delicious fluffy bread and lovely hot tea in our room, not a bad way to start the day, after which we headed down to the lobby to meet the rest...
Hoa Lu, Tam Coc, Oh Vietnam you Beauty
I knew it wouldn’t be long before we fell back in love with Vietnam and indeed it was not. Today we joined a Go Asia tour to the ancient capital of Vietnam, Hoa Lu...
Six week Vietnam itinerary
I’ve been meaning to post this one for a while now… Six weeks sounded so long when we began planning, I thought we’d be able to do everything, and yes of course we might...
Alova, Ha Long Bay, a cautionary tale
Ha Long Bay is beautiful, whoever you go with it is still going to be beautiful! We were lucky to have the quite wonderful company of Northerners, Sharon and Chris, Irish Megan and Keith...
Food on Foot, Hanoi
We arrived in Hanoi after 15 hours of uneventful and as pleasant as can be expected train journey from Hue and checked in to our hotel in the heart of the Old Quarter and...
A Hue old time
Hue (pronounced hway to rhyme with gay) is located in central Vietnam and was the national capital until 1945. We arrived to sunshine, much to our delight as we’ve been hearing stories of how...
Eating Hoi An, Vietnam
It feels like we’ve done nothing but eat in Hoi An, we have of course wandered around, we’ve cycled here and there and enjoyed the beauty on offer but in between doing that? We’ve...
Da Nang, why don’t you…
The SE8 train from Nha Trang to Da Nang was not quite as lovely as the SNT1 from Ho Chi Minh had been, the soft sleeper we had booked was a little smaller and...
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