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Ecopark – Hanoi

March 31, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

Powered by 12Go Asia system Ecopark is a modern urban township on the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital. Wide, quiet streets curve around lakes and through parks, lined on all sides by exotic trees. To any visitor of Ecopark, the first impression is not so much one of grandness, but rather one of calmness. Just …

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Ha Giang – Vietnam Blog 6

January 26, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing, Wellness

Powered by 12Go Asia system Hanoi, 19th January 2020 I had become accustomed to leaving the house in no more than a T-shirt and a jumper, and so the icy air swirling past my driver’s head and into my face was a surprise to me. The warm lights of Hanoi with its ever-bustling streets seemed …

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My First Glimpse of Hanoi – Vietnam Blog 2

December 17, 2019
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

Powered by 12Go Asia system Hanoi, 8th December 2019 After my first week in Vietnam had flurried past in a whirl of new sights, sounds, tastes and colours, I found myself on a sunny Sunday morning rattling along on the bus to Hanoi. I was accompanied by Yasmin, one of the other teachers at Sun …

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Arrival – Vietnam Blog #1

December 10, 2019
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

Powered by 12Go Asia system London, 29th November 2019 London. A hulking mass of concrete and steel seeping out from the banks of the Thames. A living organism breathing in and out scores of people indifferently. The cold air cut deep into my lungs that bright day. It was the beginning of winter. It was …

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