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This is part 6 of a series about a solo motorbike trip I took around north-east Vietnam in December 2018. Each story can be enjoyed alone, and together they form one big over-arching story. It’s about road trips, motorbikes, solo travel and finding yourself on the open road. And of course, it’s about Vietnam. Sign…
This is part 5 of a series of articles about a solo motorbike trip I took around north-east Vietnam in December 2018. Each story can be enjoyed alone, and together they form one big over-arching story. It’s about road trips, motorbikes, solo travel and finding yourself on the open road. And of course, it’s about…
The view from my homestay in Pác Ngòi village, Bắc Kạn province, Vietnam. The southern edge of Ba Bể Lake is visible in the background This is part 2 of a series about a solo motorbike trip I took around north-east Vietnam in December 2018. Each story can be enjoyed alone, and together they form…
I started writing while living in Hanoi, most often when whiling away hours in one of its endless offering of cafes Eventually I decided it’d be rude not to write down some of the things that I saw.
Do I’ve any regrets from living in Asia for three years? Anything I left behind, anything I should have done more of, any opportunities I passed up, any more places I should have gone, any interests I should have explored further, any way I would have spent my time differently? Anything I shouldn’t have done?…
For those new to riding a motorbike, it’s reasonable to expect that sticking to the main road would be enough of an adventure for one trip. But it’s actually a horrible, polluted, traffic-congested route, which is only getting worse as the country develops at such a rapid rate. It’s actually probably a bit safer to stray off the beaten path a little.
A unique take on Vietnam’s unique food and drinks scene, with info on leisure activities and culture, that you won’t find anywhere else.
A traveller’s guide to Hanoi written by an expat who lived there for several years, this guide gives the perfect mix blend of advice for those who have things they want to ‘tick off’ on their visit to Vietnam’s fascinating capital, but with a more authentic and adventurous flavour.
Multi-lingual conversations and the wisdom of old age; the pains of language barriers when you have something more important to say
Passing around the narrow zig-zag of the alley on the way back to my house, just off Doi Can Street in Ba Dinh, Ha Noi, I notice that a building is missing. Light passed through; there was space where there hadn’t been space before. A whole corner block had been torn down in a matter…