|ENG| Backpackers, usually compare Bui Vien street (here in the pics) to Khao San the tourist street of Bangkok.This district is filled with restaurants, cafe, hotels, bars and pubs. All these businesses have filled all the roads and even taken over the alleyways and apartment buildings! You walk,eat, seat and drive in the same spaces, no need to ask why,how…you just move around as you go.We stayed very close to this street and I can tell you it never sleeps…pretty fun to explore but also full of tourist traps! Be …
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Is the concrete jungle a myth? | Es la jungla de concreto un mito?
Is the concrete jungle a myth? Hochiminh, it is. My 1st impression about Ho Chi Minh city was: WOW. Is a chaotic yet beautiful color contrast city, also known as Saigon.I was so surprised by the vast numbers of motorbikes. It isn’t an exaggeration at all, it will take me about 10 mins to cross a street. No motorbike looks like it will stop to let you through and there is always a chance a motorbike will be driving down the same sidewalk and will be waiting with you to …
Traveling In Vietnam | Viajando por Vietnam
If you ever thought you knew frizzy hair, please try to wear a nón lá (leaf hat) for a week…#wildhair #thematichair.I am not sure what all other fellow bloggers do to look flawless while trekking in a jungle, a mountain or any wild terrain without showing what it really takes just to get there. I do my best, but honestly I forget to comb my hair before taking a video, I just go for it.I feel I have to share the experience just like it is. Provide real info about the …
I had to ask! | ¡Tenía que preguntar!
This lady helped me through all the hike; crossing rivers and holding my hand everytime I needed it (very often). She walks around 14kms a day from her town Lao Chai to Sapa. When in Sapa, she waits for the tourist buses that arrive early morning (4am) and offer to guide the tourist back to her town as a 1 day trek.If she doesn’t find her own group, she just joins the trekkers on the way back to her town. She chats, helps and shares as much as she can …
Sapa, Vietnam
|ENG|Here we are starting our trek into a surrounding countryside of cascading rice terraces and tiny hill-tribe villages that seem a world apart!We will walk from Sapa towards Muong Hoa valley where we can admire the wonderful scenery of Hoang Lien mountain ranges and meet Black H’mong tribes. .The trek will take aprox. 8 hrs on Day 1and we will stay overnight at a homestay. She made me rub some plant leaves into my hands while we were walking. I agreed not knowing what it was about, but her big …