This week, by some strange coincidence, not one, and not two, but three of my friends - none of who know each other - are exploring Vietnam. Two of them are heading to a boat cruise on the Mekong Delta today which got me thinking about a wonderful day I had there a few years back. Backpacking …
Vietnam
The year of the bat and Halong Bay
So, I just discovered it is the Year of the Bat. I'm a sucker for "Year of the ..." ideas and upon discovering that the UN team behind the Year of the Bat had gone all alliterative with their promotion, with slogans like "Bats are brilliant" and "bats are breathtaking", I felt compelled to publicise …
Vietnam for my generation and the one before
When I went to Vietnam a few years ago, my travelling partner at the time was always interested in war museums, and that's the only reason I have these pictures. So disinterested in the war museum was I that its name didn't feature in my travel diary, but I now suspect it was the War Remnants Museum …