Travel photos and journals from across Asia [1997-2026]
The China Eastern flight and transit through Kunming and Hanoi airports could not have been quicker or smoother. We were in our apartment in downtown Hanoi by mid-afternoon and sitting in the famous train street with a cold beer an hour later. This major tourist spot is where the trains heading into Ga Hanoi pass…
It was time to leave the dizzying moto-mayhem of Hanoi and head south on the train, our destination was Danang in central Vietnam. I had arranged the tickets a couple of weeks earlier via a friend currently based there, the options were hard seat, soft seat or sleeper, we opted for the latter and took…
Starting out in Hanoi we spend a couple of nights in a delightful little hotel called Jasmine (www.thejasminehotel.com) in the heart of the Old Quarter where the staff bend over backwards to help you – real ambassadors for the hospitality industry. Due to the high cost of cars the city is a melee of motorcycles…