March 28, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °CAnd, with the end of the post-graduate job-avoidance, which was meant to last no more than five or six months but ended up being twice that (and counting), I've decided to call an audible and begin my working life in Melbourne. The feeling that I'm travelling has yet to subside, and I'm self-assuredRead more
March 17, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌫 21 °CAfter my unfortunate motorbike accident, I return to Hanoi to rest my foot and determine my next move. Although my less than mediocre doctors found no breaks in the X-ray (which only ran me 4 dollars), the severity of the sprain, the pain around my foot, and all around swelling prevented me fromRead more
March 7, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 19 °COn a long day from Cat Ba island to the north to explore the mountains on the Chinese frontier, I ran into a bit of automotive trouble of the donut variety. A young lady, ostensibly making a very urgent bakery delivery, walked out into my lane in a small rural town and forced me to make a maneuverRead more
March 5, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 5 °CFor a fraction of the $100+ cost of leaving from Ha Long City, I booked a $14 day all-day cruise out of Cat Ba Island. It took me and my small group around Ha Long and Lan Ha bays. Despite a gloomy, overcast day, the haze added a mysterious air to an already surreal seascape. We passed throughRead more
March 2, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌙 10 °CGot back into the homestay scene in Pom Cong village of Mai Chau district. "White Thai" and H'mong minorities live in stilted bamboo homes amidst rice paddies, water buffalo, and grazing cattle. Both groups are known for their textile work, and beneath most homes are scarves, shirts, and other goodsRead more
March 1, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 13 °CMany refer to the limestone landscape of Ninh Binh as "Ha Long Bay on Land". The karst formations rise around the local rivers, forming countless caves accessible only by boat. The landscape was unflinching and in many ways unique to northeast Vietnam. Apparently I wasn't the only one to notice;Read more
February 28, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 13 °CExiting Ke Ba National Park en route to Ninh Binh, with a stop off in Cua Lo (a largely abandoned tourist beach town in the off season).
February 27, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌙 17 °CHome to the some of the world's biggest caves, including the record holder, Son Doong, Phong Nha is a headquarters of caving and adventuring around Ke Ba National Park. Today a few friends and I hit Paradise Cave and Dark Cave, both cavernous underground worlds with miles and miles of tunnels andRead more
February 26, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌙 17 °CA whole village of civilians moved underground to avoid bombings during the Vietnam War. Their expansive network of underground tunnels and trenches, with sleeping and meeting quarters, was a great way for me to get out of the wind and rain on the northbound highway.
February 25, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌫 16 °COn the outskirts of Hue sits an abandoned aquarium and amusement park, as derelict and spooky as I expected. Empty cages and a crocodile pit still packed with crocodiles until 2015. Having a former family destination, huge and overgrown, to one's self is more creepy than serene. Pretty suhweeet.
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