EnglandBickenhillBirmingham International Railway Station52°27’3” N 1°43’30” W
July 28, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Dropped boys off at Birmingham international for their big adventure. See you in two weeks in Hanoi!
VietnamThành Phố Hà NộiXóm PhoRed River Delta21°1’52” N 105°50’40” E July 29, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
Taxi from airport to our nice apartment.
Head out to stay awake and see Old Town Hanoi.
Watch a woman whack a fish and then gut and sell it
Mopeds everywhere.
First meal at "Michelin" restaurant -Read more
VietnamThành Phố Hà NộiXóm TrongHồ Hoàn Kiếm21°1’42” N 105°51’0” E
July 30, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌩️ 32 °C
Day of wandering Hanoi. Coffee, cathedrals, temples, lakes, shops and scooters!
Evening of football shirts, grilled duck, Hanoi IPA and sugar cane before bed!
VietnamTỉnh Hòa BìnhLạc Thủy20°24’20” N 105°34’4” E
July 31, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Coffee on balcony watching scooters, talking about cameras.
Walk around lake, man catching a fish, lunch to avoid rain.
Frog in batter followed by chicken hot pot, watching the lightening and hearingRead more
VietnamTỉnh Thanh HóaLũng Tiềm20°27’10” N 105°8’31” E
August 1, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Up at 5:30 to get out and catch bus (from the opera house) at 7 am
Found the right bus at the 2nd or 3rd time of asking, and then enjoyed comfortable (if bumby) 4.5 hour trip with great sceney.
SpentRead more
VietnamTỉnh Thanh HóaLũng Tiềm20°27’8” N 105°8’31” E August 2, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Up early with breakfast and rice to set us up for the day ahead.
We followed Doan on a 12k walk through rice fields and ethnic villages.
Steep concrete paths made for slippy early steps, but viewsRead more
VietnamTỉnh Thanh HóaLàng Cao20°26’49” N 105°10’58” E August 3, 2023 in Vietnam
Really early start today, although because of heavy rain, we didn't leave till 8am.
All 3 of us hopped on the back of mopeds driven by our 3 guides.
We followed a similar route to our walk yesterday -Read more
VietnamTỉnh Thanh HóaLũng Tiềm20°27’9” N 105°8’31” E
August 3, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Quietest day yet!
Lie in for the boys, and then because of rain, we sat around for a few hours in the hotel restaurant playing poker, and having lunch..
Then grabbed a couple of hours walk in theRead more
VietnamTỉnh Thanh HóaLũng Tiềm20°27’7” N 105°8’34” E
August 5, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Not so much to report today....
Raining again, so despite getting up for breakfast, little to do for the morning, although boys managed a swim in the rain.
Then goodbye to Pu Luong Jungle Lodge andRead more
VietnamTỉnh Quảng BìnhCừ Lạc17°36’46” N 106°18’17” E August 6, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Arrived at Dong Hoi Station just after 6am, then straight in to taxi for short 40mins ride to Phong Nha.
All quite tired, so after dumping bags, walk in to town for coffee and then breakfast (CatfishRead more
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