Tag: vietnam

  • Paradise in Ha Long Bay 

    Paradise in Ha Long Bay 

    Over the last few days, I’ve been amongst sketchy internet in Ha Long Bay! We went on a tour with our hostel out of Hanoi and we chose to do the 3 day tour – we were happy we did! More about that later.  We had a 7am start that involved a lot of transportation…

  • Back in Vietnam

    Back in Vietnam

    I flew back to Vietnam on Thursday morning to meet my friend Makayla in Hanoi. Originally I had planned to travel for the month completely alone, but I put it out there to a bunch of friends to join me for some of the trip and Makayla was able to join for this portion!  Our…

  • Cu Chi Tunnels and Saigon Street Food

    Cu Chi Tunnels and Saigon Street Food

    Yesterday was an early start! Some hostel friends and I were up early having booked an excursion to the Cu Chi Tunnels, 50 km out of Saigon. The bus was a little late but we couldn’t really complain seeing as the entire excursion cost less than $10 USD. We had a lovely tour guide (went…

  • Vancouver to Vietnam

    Vancouver to Vietnam

    After 5 months of anticipation, I am finally in Vietnam! I arrived at 3 am on May 5 (Friday I think? Don’t event ask me what day it was). My taxi driver tried to scam me right off the bat by wanting to charge me double for my ride to the hostel but luckily I…