We took a bus to halong bay city and embark on a boat for 2 days. the weather was not great, very fogy so we could not see very well the beautiful landscapes of rising limestones rocks recovered of jungle. and the agency where we booked the cruise lied about the destination of the cruise. so not such a great experience. ;) but we met some great peo

Our first destination in vietnam was hanoi, the capital. there are not so many bicycles anymore but mostly motorbikes. small motorbikes and scooters everywhere! people are sitting outside small restaurants to eat on tiny stools and tables of less that 2 feet tall. not so comfortable actually! :) we wandered around the streets of the old quarter. ve

We visited the old capital of vietnam, it is a fortified citadel inside the city. the emperor used to live there. it had been entirely destroyed by american bombs during the vietnam war. it is still under renovation today (or should i say reconstruction!) we can clearly see the chinese influence that ruled over that land for over a thousand year be

We spent 25 days in wuhan with sylvie's parents. we visited her grand parents at the hospital and enjoyed the chinese spring festival with uncles, aunties and cousins. i even got scared playing with fire crackers (ok the thing would be classified as dynamite anywhere else. i mean 2 inches diameter!) otherwise, we haven't done anything special and c

We spent a couple of days in nha trang, it's right by the ocean, with a very long beach full of hotels and resorts. the interesting thing with this city is that this one in particular is full of russians! there are several direct flight from russia to nha trang, every single signs, hotels, restaurants is written in russian. some restaurants don't e

Hoi an was by far the highlight of vietnam. lovely town with lanterns everywhere, really charming. this is where i rented a motorbike for the second time. i really liked it the first time and now i love it! we went to see the ruins of my son. beautiful temples in the middle of the jungle. it was great! a bit hot with temperatures above 37 c while i

The attraction of mui ne are sand dunes, huge sand dunes in the middle of no where. the town being right by the ocean, we bought fresh see food directly from the fishermen on the beach and bring them with us to a local restaurant to cook it for us. the amount of windsurfers is incredible, while on the beach you could see a hundred of them at a time

Ninh binh is in the middle of beautiful rice fields surrounded by mountains popping out here and there. we rented bicycles to ride around the countryside. very enjoyable moments! ninh binh est beau milieu de champs de riz entouré de montagnes de pain de sucre. nous avons loué deux vélos pour aller nous aventurer dans la campagne voisine. moments

Our last few days in vietnam were spent in ho chi minh, a huge city of around 10,000,000 inhabitants. very busy, with incredible amount of motorbikes. i didn't feel comfortable enough to rent one because of the craziness of the traffic. we took a tour on the mekong river to visit floating markets and some fruit farms. we left vietnam by boat to rea