Category Archives: Vietnam
Learning to walk
The traffic in Saigon might seem like madness, but – as Sarah Warwick soon learned – there’s a method in it. (Column for Tiger Tales magazine). Talk to anyone about the traffic in Ho Chi Minh City and they are … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism, travel, Vietnam
Queen of Sapa
As my foot slips, I have time to let out just the tiniest of squawks before a hand grabs me. Blushing, I turn to my rescuer. ‘Oh Chau’, I smile at the girl who has saved my footing, if not … Continue reading
Filed under Competition, Prizewinning blogs, Vietnam
Vietnam’s seven wonders
Literally meaning ‘Descending Dragon Bay’, Ha Long Bay was thought to be the mythical resting place of the dragon who once protected the Vietnese from Chinese attack and her many offspring. You can see what the forefathers were doing when … Continue reading
How to make Vietnamese Spring Rolls
My favourite part of any Vietnamese meal is the humble spring roll (Cha Goi). Mined meat, vegetables and herbs all mixed up and rolled up in rice paper and then deep fried…twice. Yum, yum, I say. So I went to … Continue reading
Big, big girl in a big, big world…
As my Gortex-clad foot slips on the chalky hillside I let out the tiniest of sqwarks. Instantly a hand reaches out and grabs me, stopping the slide and securing me while I find my footing again. Blushing, I turn to … Continue reading
Ahoy! Hanoi!
In my last 6 months on the road I’ve met hundreds of people, but mostly English, Australian (and New Zealand), German, American, Irish and Dutch. In comparison, the north of Vietnam is literally flooded with French people. Torrents of them … Continue reading
Pump it!
“We rocking it contagious, monkey business outrageous Just confess, your girl admits that we da sh*t” – Black Eyed Peas, Pump It! There’s no better way to get over a broken heart than pumping iron. Seriously folks, feeling the burn … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, travel, Vietnam
Making history
They say that history is written by the victors. Well if so, Vietnam has a weird way of sounding their victory. It’s now 34 years after a win that many thought was impossible in the face of America’s superior strength … Continue reading
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“I’m an alien. I’m a legal alien.” – Sting, Englishman in New York Periodically the travel press comes up with another statistic that makes one ashamed to be an Englishperson abroad. 97% of all Greeks think that Brits are immoral, … Continue reading
The Prisoners
When I was growing up, the hallway outside my bedroom at my dad’s house was dominated by a massive poster of Patrick McGoohan as Number 6 in The Prisoner with the adage in half-foot-high letters: “I am not a number, … Continue reading
