King Dinh Tien Hoang was the founder of Dinh Dynasty in the 10th century.
If it hadn’t been for our fellow Filipino travelers that we met during the Hanoi trip, we wouldn’t have known about the Hoa Lu-Tam Coc tour. It simply didn’t come out of my pre-trip research (which might also mean I didn’t research good enough). Anyhow, I’m glad we met them there, because if we hadn’t, […]
The message is clear: We ate a lot in Vietnam. And so I’ve decided to put all of those food places in which we’ve eaten together in one post. This is that post.
Vietnam is a food experience in itself. The food is so amazingly cheap and just so good that you can’t help but try everything you see – even the ones on the sidewalks. On our first evening, we went shopping at the night market which was walking distance from An Hung Hotel, in which we […]
I was supposed to entitle this post “Travel Diet Tip #1: Don’t go to Vietnam”. Because I think I gained a few pounds on my way back to the Philippines. And to think that I was there for only three days! Our first lunch in Hanoi was in Quan An Ngon.
The Ha Long Bay Cruise must have been one of my favorite parts of our Hanoi trip. As part of the tour, we stopped over at Thien Cung Cave (translated as “The Cave of Heavenly Palace”).
I have not read all of Neil Gaiman’s (@neilhimself) works, but for some reason I love him to bits and I wait for his New Year’s greetings yearly. This 2013 it goes like this: It’s a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world. So this is my wish, a […]
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For you, this 2013: Here and Now
Sometime in August 2012, I fasted from social media for thirty days. It was such a cleansing experience. Technology “has no bounds” they say, and so sometimes we spend too much time in the future, or in some other place far away. We spend gatherings with our heads stuck on our mobile phones or tablets […]
The Ha Long Bay Cruise was part of the Groupon package we bought for the Vietnam trip. We took the one-day cruise, although there’s an option to have it overnight. It’s just enough to actually experience the place and take photos of the beautiful scenery.
Hoan Kiem Lake or “Lake of the Restored Sword” is probably the most scenic spot in Hanoi (that I know of). When we went there, it was – no kidding – literally filled with people. Not in an I-can’t-breathe kind of way, but in a this-is-just-such-a-nice-place-to-stay kind. Despite such, it is still clean and picturesque.