Ho Chi Minh City 15. - 18.2.2018
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| We're back! This is the backpacker street. |
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| Waiting to get in to our AirBnB in the crappy staircase |
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| Happy Dog's year! |
Flower street and Tet decorations
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| View over the Flower Street |
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| Our favourite cafe which was also one of the only ones open for Tet |
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| At the Cu Chi tunnels |
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| Sawing bombs to make mines, very safe |
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| Booby trap |
Da Nang 18. - 19.2.2018
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| Quick stop to the Da Nang beach |
Hoi An 19. - 24.2.2018
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| The beautiful town of Hoi An |
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| Hoi An's Ancient Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site |
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| The Japanese Covered Bridge |
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| People taking boat rides on the river |
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| Children playing in a sandpit which was actually made from seeds |
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| The streets of Hoi An are covered with beautiful lanterns |
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| Seemed like all of Vietnam was in Hoi An to celebrate Tet |
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| A bicycle ride through the rice fields |
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| In the middle of it all |
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| Rosanna's new favourite animal |
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| Another water buffalo surrounded by cattle egrets |
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| My Son Hindu temples built by Champa Kings dating back to the 4th century |
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| Jump or trip over? Not so sure.. |
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| The tourists enjoying themselves |
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| Some creepy carvings |
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| A headless Shiva |
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| A traditional dance at the end of our My Son tour |
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| We took a boat like this back from the temples |
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| The eyes painted on the boat to avoid danger |
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| Up on one of the Marble Mountains |
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| Scary dragon statues |
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| Buddha |
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| A lady Buddha (apparently Buddha doesn't have a gender) |
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| A seven storey pagoda |
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| In one of the Buddhist grottoes we found two Buddhas playing chess |
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| This is hell! |
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| Clearly not a good place |
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| Amazing Bonsai trees |
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| Big Buddha |
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| Hoi Van pass, unfortunately it was quite a cloudy day |
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| Checking out the views |
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| Vegetable stall at the Hoi An Market |
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| Precious Heritage Art Gallery Museum set up by French photographer Réhahn |
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| The museum has pictures of most minority tribes women in Vietnam and an example of their traditional clothes |
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| Excellent vegetarian Banh Mi! |
Phong Nha-Ké Bàng 24. - 26.2.2018
On Rosanna's birthday we did a tour in the Phong Nha-Ké Bàng national park (another UNESCO World Heritage Site) which included going to three caves and a small jungle trek. We had an amazing day and Rosanna will surely remember this birthday for a while :)
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| The first cave called Paradise Cave which is 31 km long and at points is 150 m wide and 72 m high |
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| The stalagmite and stalactite formations were unbelievably massive |
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| The jungle in Phong Nha national park is so lush and green! |
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| A unicorn at the second cave, which was more like a memorial site for the eight people who died in the cave |
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| Happy to go in the jungle! |
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| Walking through this... |
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| You get feet looking like this, best birthday ever!! |
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| Arrived in our lumch spot! |
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| Time to have lunch |
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| Which was fresh spring rolls |
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| Then we entered a water cave. Swimming inside for 300 metres in pitch-black was super scary and cool at the same time! Also a very echoing birthday song for Rosanna :D |
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| Back at our homestay we celebrated Rosanna's birthday at a family dinner with some beers, rice wine and nice local food |
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| Off to the Phong Nha cave! |
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| Fisherman doing his thing |
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| Clear water and mountains on the river banks |
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| Entrance to the biggest water cave in Asia |
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| Exploring the cave, which is 7,7 km long in our traditional Vietnamese boat |
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| Inside the cave which was quite impressive |
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| Phong Nha-Ké Bàng didn't disappoint! |
Cát Bà 27.2. - 4.3.2018
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| Welcome to Cát Bà! |
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| Lot of fishing boats |
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| The town itself didn't have much to look at |
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| But the coastline did! |
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| Day trip to the National Park |
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| Apparently in Vietnamese National Parks vegetables are grown and pigs roam around :D |
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| Visiting Hospital Cave, which was in use at Vietnam War |
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| It was pretty creepy down there |
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| Someone put the cat on the table |
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| Apple wine smile |
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| These horses (?) were burned to scare away the ghosts |
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| A haircut for 2 euros |
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| After waiting for sunny weather for 4 days we had to settle on this cloudy day to go and see Lan Ha and Halong Bay |
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| The cruise was done on boats like this one |
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| First we cruised through the floating fishing village |
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| Halong Bay is a UNESCO Heritage Site, but it is very crowded nowadays so we decided to visit Lan Ha Bay which is more tranquil |
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| Some kayaking through caves and into lagoons |
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| The cruise ended to a visit to the Monkey island |
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| Which in fact did have some monkeys, but not wild ones... |
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| Too cold to swim in :( |
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| Last day's scooter was suitable for this Liverpool fan |
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| The Vietnamese coffee machine |
Hanoi 4. - 8.3.2018
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| Sunset from our hotel's rooftop terrace |
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| Old Quarter |
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| Hanoi shopping scene was too good |
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| Felt like a giant in Hanoi's cafés |
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| Found some excellent vegan Pho |
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| Hanoi's night market |
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| Street restaurant |
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| How about a Vietnamese ice cream? |
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| Or some fresh spring rolls to be wrapped by yourself |
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| Last sunbathing on this whole trip |
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| Hoan Kiem lake by night |
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| A lantern shop |
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| St Joseph Cathedral |
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| Last day's historical tour |
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| The Ho Chi Minh mausoleum was pretty creepy |
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| There he rests |
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| Ho Chi Minh's old living quarters |
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| View from the Military History Museum |
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| The Flag Tower of Hanoi was built in the 17th century |
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| Last night in Hanoi and on our trip! |
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| The last dinner |
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