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Yên tử – Vietnam Blog 10

February 24, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

Powered by 12Go Asia system Wednesday 12th February 2020 With my eyes blurred from sleepiness and my lungs filled with the clean medical scent of my surgeon’s mask, we set off through the town and on into the lingering mist. Thai guided the little Honda past potholes and traffic jams, round puddles and between great …

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Da Lat – Vietnam Blog 9

February 17, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

Powered by 12Go Asia system 07:30, Saturday the 1st of February 2020 Rising early and slipping out of my dorm quietly in the dark to avoid waking the soft bodies curled on bunkbeds, I met Maika outside my hostel and we set off into the city of Da Lat. The road sloped down consistently as …

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The Bus to Nha Trang – Vietnam Blog 8

February 11, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

Powered by 12Go Asia system Nuoc Ngam Bus Station, Hanoi – 29th January 2020 Before all the shops had reopened, before a sense of normality returned to the town, I boarded a 5am bus to Nuoc Ngam bus station in the south of Hanoi. Arriving around two hours later left me with four hours to …

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Tet Holiday – Vietnam Blog 7

February 5, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

Powered by 12Go Asia system Chu, 22nd of January, 3 days until the Lunar New Year. The instant I stepped down from the bus, smacking my head on the roof as I alighted, I noticed two things. First was the reassuring familiarity of the main street in Chu. Across the street lay the bakery I …

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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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Cat Ba – Vietnam Blog 5

January 24, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

Powered by 12Go Asia system Hanoi, 12th of January 2020 As I relaxed into the welcoming leather seat of the Daiichi bus, I silently thanked Ha for her help with booking the bus. It was a short four hours from Hanoi to the harbourside in Haiphong, and sitting listening to music, I found the journey …

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