Our big trip
A few thoughts and photos from our travels
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Day 193 – High-water and night walks
7th March: Hoi An, Vetnam There’s still no rain, defying all predictions we’d seen! Not that we’re complaining, of course. I needed a chilled morning today, so popped out to get myself a coffee and a banh mi and then spent most the day in the room. I’m still a bit frazzled but it’s the…
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Day 192 – Pastels and lanterns
6th March: Hoi An, Vietnam Breakfast this morning was back to noodles. I’m actually getting used to this for breakfast, although it’s only taken 5 months in East Asia! I think that it’s likely because I currently have a bit of an appetite again. After walking to town, I finally got to try Vietnamese salted…
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Day 191 – Suits me
5th March: Hoi An, Vietnam Breakfast in the hotel garden was eggs today, but they were at least washed down with delicious dragon fruit smoothies. We had a lovely, chilled morning spent reading and relaxing before popping out for coffee from a nearby café. Kaja had enjoyed the taste of my coconut coffee a couple…
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Day 190 – Elegant Hoi An
4th March: Hoi An, Vietnam One other bonus is that our new accommodation includes breakfast, which means that we don’t have to worry about finding that in any of our remaining places. We went down to find a table out in the beautifully shaded garden amongst the orchids and were served noodles and tofu. I’m…
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Day 189 – The Reunification Express
3rd March: Quy Nhon, Vietnam to Hoi An, Vietnam We left a hazy Quy Nhon early, grabbing coffee and jumping in a Grab back to Dieu Tri station. The dual carriageway was busy with giant trucks all beeping at everything that dared to get in their way. We felt small in our little taxi. The…
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Day 188 – Tropical paradise
2nd March: Quy Nhon, Vietnam I popped out for an espresso and, as usual in Vietnam, was also given a cold tea for free to go with it. We took our time getting moving again as we’re both pretty tired. For lunch though, we found a nice little restaurant that made us crispy pancakes filled…
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Day 187 – My new favourite football stadium
1st March: Quy Nhon, Vietnam After the long day yesterday, we’d envisaged a chilled morning today. However, nobody told this to the people in the building next door who began taking a jackhammer to their flat roof directly next to our 5th floor room at 7:30! I think the tiredness and constant noise was what…
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Day 186 – Sunrise and a sea swim
28th February: Nha Trang, Vietnam to Quy Nhon Vietnam Keeping up the theme of maximising our 24 hours in Nha Trang, we were up before sunrise. We thought watching it over the sea would be a lovely, peaceful thing to do. None of that really panned out at it was cloudy and the seafront was…
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Day 185 – Cloud forests to palm beaches
27th February: Dalat, Vietnam to Nha Trang, Vietnam Yet again, we were the first bus pick up this morning. Our driver was another very friendly guy and drove safely and steadily. Every single bus company seems to have reviews about how rude and dangerous they are but that’s not been our experience on any journey…
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Day 184 – Coffee permaculture in the Vietnamese Highlands
26th February: Dalat, Vietnam Today was a chance to do something special! We got a taxi out of town through the pine forests and into the hills where coffee grows, and poly tunnels sit in the valleys between. We were dropped at the end of the twisting road and walked on along the single-track path…