An eleven-person, a 18-day trip with 11 -day motorcycle trip through Vietnam during the hottest part of the year may sound like an endurance test to some, but for John Kerry, vice president of Motorcycle Travel Club in USA. It’s a vacation.
A found construction with no known name or history. Real interesting location under the freeway and next to a railway.
HoiAn Vietnam is known for history and shopping. However, my morning trip to the local market yielded discoveries that left me standing among the fishes.
Eleven o’clock on a cold, foggy night. The Avenues desolate, the windows of Clement Street’s regarded Asian restaurants a clammy black beneath lifeless signs.
Virtually attacked upon entering a village outside of Sapa, Vietnam, the beauty of the mountains were no match for the whirling ethical dillemas this raised. It was only after a simple comment from a trekking guide that faith was restored in the people of the area.
Pho 24 is a Vietnamese chain restaurant found from Hanoi to Saigon. If you want a good beef noodle soup without the worries of ordering on the street - this is a surefire bet.
Saigon Phu Quoc Resort and Spa is one of the top places to stay on pretty little Phu Quoc Island. It offers everything that you'd expect from a tropical resort: Comfortable bungalows, swishing palm trees, a great beach, poolside and beachside bars, several restaurants and ever-smiling staff.
The Reunification Palace in central Saigon has a long and checkered history, but is best known as the place where North Vietnamese tanks charged in to end the Vietnam War in 1975. What makes it a must-see, though, is the kitschy interior: Green leather armchairs, pink telephones, porcelain vases, romantic paintings, hunting trophies, embroidered carpets, miniature gardens, model boats, modernistic rocking chairs and military paraphernalia all clash delightfully throughout the building.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Building is a popular landmark in central Saigon. It is built in the likeness of Paris' Hotel de Ville.