Hoi An has a river system stretching hundreds of kilometres inland - this was the ancient transportation network of the Cham Kingdom as they moved goods in between the highlands and after that through Hoi An and on to China. Speedboats or traditional ghe nang still sail on the river or sea.
Hoi...
Da Lat - South Central Highlands of Vietnam
Dalat, also Da Lat (Đà Lạt), situated in the South Central Highlands of Vietnam, was initially the play area of the French who built rental properties in the clear mountain air to leave the heat and humidity of the coast and of exactly what was then called Saigon
Dalat is a mid-sized city that...
Phnom Penh - Ho Chi Minh Buses. The best and the worst
As I was sitting on a six hour bus ride the other day with absolutely nothing to do, I began to consider this excellent waste of time. If you are capturing a bus to somewhere for the very first time, then it's a little fascinating, however when you are on a bus ride that you have actually done countless...
History of Vung tau City Vietnam
Throughout 15th and 14th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships went to routinely. The cliff of Vũng Tàu is now called Mũi Nghinh Phong (literally indicating "Cape of breeze welcome") or ("Cape of welcoming the wind").
Vũng Tàu was originally referred...