The original article was published as part of Concrete and can be found here. If you’re looking to experience the beautiful natural landscape of Vietnam without the swarms of tourists, overpriced food and local scammers which are almost guaranteed at every well-known check-in spot across the country, Cấm Sơn lake might be for you. A …
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 …
Powered by 12Go Asia system The first few days after I returned from Laos were filled with a blur of new people and places, as I left the apartment in Dang Xa and moved to Ecopark where I planned to stay for the next three months. Here, on the sixteenth floor of a towering block …
Powered by 12Go Asia system 18th February 2020 The name ‘Cấm Sơn’ had been on many peoples lips ever since I had arrived in Chũ town. Known as one of the gems of Bắc Giang, the lake spans about 2600 hectares, and supports hundreds of families who live on its edges. The water is clear …
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 …
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 …
