decided to move further to Hoi an

after arrival we decided to move plans around . skipping Hue - and take a taxi to Hoi An.
already found a nice hotel - after a night in train we decided to have a better hotel for the oneもっと詳しく
Walking The city - Suit and Shirts

very nice village - natural House and Local. looking forward to see the village in the dark.
mastery of tailorship and other Minecraft I decided to get me a suit and two shirts.
ate some local pork-もっと詳しく
Hoi An by night - Romantic awesomeness

old buildings mix up by Vietnamese latern - unbelievable nice. nothing which can be captured by any cam.
lucky us - today was food festival 2017, where they had 9 chefs out of 9 countries cookingもっと詳しく
conti breakfast- suit collection

started with a swim in the pool - another teaching lesson for my guide.
first time in Asia- we took the breakfast included within the hotel. of course it was a continental one - bread omelette,もっと詳しく
bus ride to Phong Nha Cave

on our way -7h bus ride in sleeping bus.
After 3h quick stop in Hue, city looks ok - next time to be suspected in details.
moving on, the night came quick - the bus is driving as king on the road -もっと詳しく
arrival Phong Nha CoCo House

arrival was 10 pm - little like 1h late. as you can tell it started to rain - as in tropical areas it is warm and does not matter to much.
we rented via AirBNB and our host catched us via bike - oneもっと詳しく
wakeup in Paradise

after sleeping to much traveling the bus - mission impossible to sleep. skipped the early bird an now having breakfast with a Paradise View.
Djungle tour by bike to cave

we rented a bike to get us through the jungle where the cave is located.
I loved the ride as this was pure fun. this time i did drive myself this time as the traffic was minor.
to the cave we had anもっと詳しく
train to Hanoi

another night train ride to Hanoi. getting used to this, more luxury this time as we had a 5 star wagon. lunch at the train and a beer - playing some multiplayer iPad with French backpackers. to bedもっと詳しく
arrival Hanoi

we arrived 4.45 way to early to get the hotel rooms. so we walked the backpackers district and decided to book via airbnb.
breakfast and recharging the phones.
We where lucky to get a cheap hotel asもっと詳しく
ho chi minh and learning tempel

After Chicago Sears Tower waiting queue- the longest I have seen so far. the purpose to see the dead präsident ho chi minh was easy to skip. but I still wanted to take pictures from the famous spot.もっと詳しく
lake and nightwalk

the lake showed a very different part of the city. good choice we made to take Sunday as Hanoi, as this is a special day - street is closed around the lake. a lot of games are played around like ropeもっと詳しく
bus ride to halong bay

we booked the tour with the friend from lyndy. starting of our hotel at 7.30 to get us to Halong.
interesting ride through the North area towards the ocean.
took us 3.5h with a quick stop at aもっと詳しく
ha long bay cruise and stay over night

from weather we are first time not so lucky- but still no rain on our arrival day. my guide got me upgraded to the best room - very nice.
We went out to experience the environment via kajak. Afterもっと詳しく
back from ship - bus to hanoi

nothing special- just a bus ride with a pipe and shopping break 4h total
back Hanoi- water puppet theatre next

after the bus ride our last hotel was happy to store our luggage. as we still have time before fhe train leaves we invited Pham our guide from the boat and friend from lunch to have dinner withもっと詳しく
dreamtrain to sapa

already checked into the train over night heading to the last Vietnamese destination for this trip- Sapa.
the train already is telling the story from the mountain people looking forward tobtgatもっと詳しく
arrival lao Cai . bus to Sapa

from the train station we had to take the bus - planned 1h - traffic jam pushed it to 3h. no matter as it has rain in the morning anyway - so finished my sleeo phase
arrival Sapa - check in Hotel

another AirBNB surprise- double room as single price. 26 Euro including breakfast. the hotel brand new, the view astonishing....
breakfast and bike rental next
drive by bike to local mountain people

we decided to go by two bikes this time - the scenery is very similar to the alps, so I did not want to miss the fun riding the curves myself.
lucky as we are during the full trip, the rain stoppedもっと詳しく
sapa second day - bike and bike

like yesterday it started with rain therefore we slow paced the morning.
waiting in the lobby we started with green tea waiting on the rain to pass by.
not far from the hotel we had our breakfastもっと詳しく
bus ride to trainstation Lao Cai

this time we just took 1.5h down the 1.300m. it was a long tail of trucks downhill. one scene was very interesting as two trucks had a hard time to pass each other in a curve.
finally arrived in Laoもっと詳しく
Arrival Hanoi - Airport next

Another train Ride by night. wake up call at 3 am - emergency call as my son in Germany has dislocated his left shoulder via skateboard exercise. sleep was gone by then..
arrival by 5 am - heading toもっと詳しく
good bye Vietnam- back to Thailand

a wonderful time have past rather quickly. this country delivered me way more then I could ever imagine and expect. making local friends was key to the maximum insights and special experiences. Forもっと詳しく
Stephan NeunerWie sieht's denn mit Kaffee aus, bekommst Du was Ordentliches vor Ort? Oder trinken alle nur Tee 😉
Edmund FreyKaffee ist der Hit - wie ich jetzt weiß - Vietnam ist nach Brasilien zweiter kaffeproduzebt weltweit . er wird hier kalt auf Eis mit einer dicken kondesmilch serviert . Grüner Tee ist dann zur Beruhigung der Pumpe :)