PULL UP A TRAIN STREET SEAT!!!

May 29, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Train Street, Hanoi – the calm….. …..before the rush!!!

The Madness – and Fun!!! – that is Train Street!

May 26, 2026.Reading time 8 minutes.

They’d NEVER get away with this at home!! How often do you do a double take, on your travels, at those iffy situations and locations you find yourself in. I do feel, at times, that we have lost the plot here with Health and Safety – protective fences and barricades, handrails everywhere, safety notices at […]

Hoi An – Is there still charm beyond the mass tourism?

April 20, 2026.Reading time 12 minutes.

I made up my mind, before I even set foot on a plane, that I wasn’t going to like Hoi An. Definitely a tourist trap, terribly overcrowded, undoubtedly full of aggressive touts and sounding more like a theme park than a traditional town. But – it had a few things going for it – it’s […]