The Tết or Vietnamese New Year
The Tết Nguyen Dan, known as Tết, is the most important and popular festival in Vietnam. It is necessary to emphasize that the Vietnamese Lunar New Year NO…
Northeast Vietnam: Ninh Binh, Hoa Lu and Tam Coc
If you visit the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi, a very good idea is to reserve one or two days to tour the territories around the second city more…
Learn to speak the Vietnamese language
One of the biggest barriers when landing in Vietnam is, without a doubt, language. It is a reality that most travelers ask us…
The Mekong: Vital Artery of the Indochina Peninsula
The Mekong River Delta (which in Vietnamese means ‘Nine Dragons River Delta’) is the river delta formed at the mouth of the Mekong River in the South…
Huế, imperial capital of Vietnam
Huế is a city located in the geographical centre of Vietnam, exactly halfway between Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi. Although Huế does not appear…
Day trip: Cao Dai Temple and Cu Chi Tunnels
The surroundings of Ho Chi Minh offer a great variety of activities that we can carry out to know better the Vietnamese culture and history….
Ha Long Bay: 2 Days Route
Ha Long Bay or Dragon Bay is a 1,500 km2 sea area off the north coast of Vietnam. It is close to the north coast of…
Best time to travel to Vietnam
Vietnam is a country in the middle of a tropical and subtropical zone – the north of Vietnam is at approximately the same latitude as the…
Vaccines needed to travel to Vietnam
To travel to any of the countries of Southeast Asia is not required any vaccination (only if you have been outside of Spain during the last…
What to do and visit in Ho Chi Minh
If you look up Ho Chi Minh’s name in Google you will probably get information about two very different topics. The first and best known…
Best time to travel to Thailand
Thailand is located in the middle of a tropical zone. For that reason you can expect to find the typical monsoon climate present in any of the…
Tuk-Tuk in Thailand
During your journey through Southeast Asia you can be sure you’ll move in a thousand and one ways, including the train and bus. The…