District 1 has a large Japan Town with many restaurants, shops, and bars servicing Japanese clientele. But across the canal from the Zoo in Binh Thanh is a second smaller Japanese area. Home » Archives for admin » Page...
Nam Du Island is serviced by ferries from Rach Gia in the southern Mekong. It is a lovely seldom visited island. There are a number of smaller islands that you can visit on daily tour boats. Don’t expect much for infrastructure with no ATM and just a few seafood...
The ride from the Ha Giang or Hoang Su Phi area will take you past some lovely countryside and parts of Tuyen Quang. A nice alternate route to taking DT279 the entire way is to take DT279 to DT188. On DT188 you will pass the Chiem Hoa Hydropower plant. The dam has...
Tu Le is another rice growing area near Mu Cang Chai. It’s a bit closer to Hanoi so you can get there in one day if you leave early. Most of the rice fields here are flatter and they grow a special sticky rice. The rice harvest tends to be a bit earlier here...
When you see images of terraced rice fields in Vietnam, most likely it is an image from Mu Cang Chai. Lots of lovely Hmong homestays to add some local life to your images. The best time to visit is harvest time when the summer rains have ended and the rice is a golden...
