Pandaw river cruising
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Onboard a Pandaw river cruise boat in Southeast Asia
A river cruise along the great waterways of Southeast Asia is a wonderful way to see rural life in many countries without having too big an impact on the environment ...
Caves and temples in a North Vietnam water wonderland
One morning on our North Vietnam Red River cruise the Angkor Pandaw tied up by a steep muddy bank littered with cow pats - our guides called them unexploded natural ...
Red River Roving – North Vietnam is not just Halong Bay
We're sitting in a small sampan in the Lan Ha area of Halong Bay, slowly going round in circles. Two nearby boats are doing the same. Up ahead more sampans ...
Hanoi street food tour a taste of Vietnam
Food, glorious food. Vietnamese cuisine is famous for its freshness and flavour and there's no better way to find out more about it than to take a Hanoi street food ...
Weird wheels in South East Asia
The Vietnamese cyclo is a three-wheel bicycle taxi introduced to Vietnam by the French in the colonial period. There used to be thousands of them on the streets of Saigon ...
Vietnamese unicorn and lion dance
One of the joys of river cruises is being able to travel in comfort and style while countryside, villages and towns pass slowly by. Once or twice a day we ...
Halong Bay and the Red River – 2
It was cloudy when we left last night. This morning it is cold and misty with a sprinkling of rain if you stand in the observation area at the bow ...
Halong Bay and the Red River – 1
The road from Hanoi to Halong Bay is a 180 kilometre long consruction site. The work is necessary to accommodate a constant stream of trucks heading from the port of ...
