• Tour Day 9 & 10: Ha Long Bay/Hanoi

    4 and 5 February, 2024 Hello everyone, We started Sunday heading to the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum where Ho Chi Minh’s body remains embalmed and open to the public. Lots of Vietnamese go to see him and at times the wait can be up to two hours even though the line keeps moving (they don’t…


  • Tour Day 8: Luang Prabang/Hanoi

    3 February, 2024 Xin chào everyone, (hello in Vietnamese), We spent our last morning in Laos taking a silk weaving class at the Ock Pop Tok Center. “Ock Pop Tok” means “East meets West” and it was founded in 2000 by a woman from Laos and a woman from England. It started with five weavers,…