It is known for some time that the Backstreet Boys will go on a world tour and, therefore, give two concerts in Vietnam. Lan had indicated that she is interested in this concert. Exactly one week ago, the sales of the tickets began, and since then she is reminding me...
So far, I haven’t written much about the Vietnamese cuisine. This has two main reasons. First of all, I cannot cook at all. And as long as I get many delicious things for little money on the market, I am way too lazy to really learn how to cook. The...
Year of the Cat The weather god still seems to like us. Just in time for the Year of the Cat we had springtime temperatures in Hanoi. Today was the first day in 2011 with over 25 degrees. Finally you can open the window again and sit a little longer...
Tết Nguyên Đán is mainly a family event. As usual on Tet we celebrated the New Year’s Day within the family circle yesterday. The normally vibrant and bustling Hanoi, a city that actually never sleeps, seemed to be dead. Many of the residents spent the holidays with their relatives on...
Food Stall with mini plastic chairs in Hanoi In Hanoi it is very good and very cheap to go out for a meal. Just around Hoan Kiem Lake there are many small air-conditioned restaurants that offer Vietnamese cuisine – mostly with an English menu as well. But even if you...
Flights to Vietnam during German summer vacation were quite expensive, so we chose an indirect flight with a stopover in Seoul, South Korea. And we would do it again at any time… Our accommodation, the Open Guest House, was a nice, well located hostel and we took a lot of...
Die erste laengere Busfahrt brachte mich nach Hue. Anstatt der angekuendigten 13,5 Stunden brauchten wir jedoch 17 Stunden. Das lag sicherlich auch daran, dass wir mindestens zehnmal stoppten, um Personen/Gepaeck aufzunehmen bzw. abzuladen. Entsprechend “zerknittert” fuehlte ich mich am Morgen nach der Fahrt im “Sleeping Bus”. In Hue angekommen checkte...
Saigon, correctly Ho-Chi-Minh City with 6 to 8 million inhabitants is the heart and the soul of Vietnam and socialism de Luxe. It’s a bustling, dynamic city with Road markets, nice cafes, pubs, shops, bars, boutiques and luxury hotels. This all let forget you that Vietnam is still a “third...
Hoi An is an attraction at all! For us the most beautiful town in Central Vietnam. The whole old part of the town belongs to the world cultural heritage. Approx. 800 houses stand here on the list, usually timber buildings or colonial houses with beautifully ornamental wood balconies from the...
Hue, called “the old emperor city” is really not so old. It was built in 1802 as the capital of the kingdom and after the model of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Today are the relics of this emperor residence in the citadel and the surrounding emperor tombs one of...