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Ecopark – Hanoi

March 31, 2020
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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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Quarantine – Vietnam Blog 12

March 27, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

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 …

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Cấm Sơn Lake – Vietnam Blog 11

February 25, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

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 …

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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
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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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