Monkey Island is a remote and tiny island near Cat Ba National Park, which is home to 32 types of mammal and over 70 bird species. If you are looking to go somewhere wild and remote, where a fisherman's life goes on largely untouched by tourism, then this could be the place for you. It …
Continue reading Vietnam off the Beaten Track: Monkey Island
Halong Bay is breathtakingly beautiful. It is, hands down, the most awe inspiring and serene place I have ever seen. You can see why people flock here to cruise this archipelago of over 1000 tiny islands, which only emerged from the sea about 5 million years ago. Look out for the Frog, the Turtle, and …
Continue reading Two Weeks in Vietnam: Junk Boat Tour of Halong Bay
I'm not quite sure what it is, but ever since I was a child I have wanted to go into the rainforest. I think I was encouraged to think about such things by my adventurous mum, and the days spent playing our self-named game, Intrepid Adventurers. Or maybe it was that, at primary school, we …
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