Visiting the Cu Chi Tunnels was a bit of a history shock for us. Learning the story of the Vietnam war in high school history and even from “historically accurate” films and documentaries is nothing compared to seeing an inactive former war zone in the middle of the jungle. Being...
Ho Chi Minh
Just a few days prior to our flight into Ho Chi Minh City I received an email notification from VietJet Air informing me of a change of flight details which pushed our flight back just over 2 hours later. Aside from this the flight itself took an additional hour and...
Hanoi – Day 3
The morning started a little later as our Ha Long Bay plans fell through. Still feeling devastated about missing that day trip and not really anything planned. So of to a late breakfast was first thing to do. Something close to the apartment is what we wanted but soup (Pho)...
Hanoi – Citadel & more (day 2)
We only had Three days in Hanoi, it's now, already day two..... we need to fit lot's into the these two remaining days ahead. As we crashed out (unplanned) on the couch the night prior, it meant we were able to get a semi early start to the new day....
1st Day In Vietnam – Hanoi
This early part of the trip was planned to perfection. We flew in through Klia2 Airport. Only a 1hr 20min layover then onto Hanoi. Including extra luggage, meals, taxes etc, the flight cost $418AU total. We couldn't get a red eye flight with Scoot so we opted for Air Asia....
First time Vietnam – Visa & Drone
I feel like i should fill in some back story here. There was so much excitement to visit Vietnam and so much detailed planning that went into the 5x week long "Great Airbnb Trek". However there was some panic to set in due to some rookie errors. There was several...
Hanoi Penthouse Apartment
This fabulous place is situated in top end of the Old Quarter in Hanoi. It is a very well positioned location within walking distance to lots of attractions around the area. This is just the first leg of a total of seven stops for this trip which we are calling...