My coworkers and I ate, and ate, and ate, picking away at the mausoleum as if it didn’t contain the pickled, preserved remains of the beloved former leader of the country we currently were calling home. Sugar highs ensued, and as the Vietnamese staff laughed and praised our creation, any doubts my friend and I had had about possibly offending the locals quickly melted away.
When I’m trying to choose where to travel to next, I don’t often pick somewhere that I’ve already been. There are so many places to explore, my list keeps getting longer and longer, so with such little time and money, going back to a destination seems like a waste. Why not spend that time and…
“Oh crap crap crap crap crap….” was going through my head as I lost my footing and swung into the water pouring over the cliff face. I was dangling 20 metres above the river, with water relentlessly pounding down on my head from above. “Must…get…out…of…water……..need…to…breathe!” And that is why it was the scariest day…
As if living in Vietnam was not already an adventure….after 3 and a half years, I have left Vietnam and am on my way, on the next epic journey. Those of you who know me know that I have done this several times before. And yet this time it feels different. Although I’m not sure…
“Mot, Hai, Ba, YO!” we all shouted as we clinked our tiny glasses together and downed another shot of rice wine. I fought back my grimace and put on a polite smile as my glass was refilled yet again. ‘Jenny’, Ha leaned over and whispered, ‘you’re a woman, so it’s really ok if you…
During my time in Vietnam I occasionally had a “down week”, which is the week we had between terms when there are no classes. At one point it had been quite a while since I’d had a beach holiday and I was tired and burnt out and needed to relax, so I booked myself a…
On a holiday in Vietnam I flew to Phu Quoc Island, way down in the South. The problem is, Phu Quoc isn’t the cheapest of places to visit in Vietnam! After a fair bit of searching online for satisfactory and budget-friendly accommodation, I finally looked at Tripadvisor, not thinking for a second that the…