UNESCO World Heritage Sites I’ve Visited
As of May 2025, I’ve been to 33 world heritage sites. However, I lost my Ha Long Bay photos that I took on 2007-10-22, because of the shutdown of WebShots :(. Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba Archipelago (672, natural, 1994), Quang Ninh and Hai Phong, Vietnam Hoi An Ancient Town (948, cultural,1999), Quang Nam, Vietnam Angkor […]
Dien Bien – Hai Phong, Day 1: Hanoi
My plane took off from the Tan Son Nhat Airport a lil bit later than expected. Though my flight was with VietJetAir, I went to the Hanoi‘s center by the JetStar bus. I checked in the Hanoi Sports Hotel (the one I stayed on the last trip to Sapa and Tam Coc) and took a […]
Sapa – Tam Coc, Day 6: Uncle Ho Mausoleum (Hanoi)
After breakfast at the hotel, we took the bus at the Sword Lake to the Uncle Ho Mausoleum at Ba Dinh District. Then we had lunch separately (one of us had rice while the rest ate “bún chả”). Taking a long rest, we checked out of the hotel around 4 PM and had an early […]
Sapa – Tam Coc, Day 5: Tam Coc – Bich Dong (Ninh Binh)
We came back to Hanoi very early, so we stayed at the train station for a while before catching a taxi back to Hanoi Sports Hotel. We walked to the Sword Lake and enjoyed seeing people exercising for a bit, then searched for the place where a bus would wait for us. Around 8 AM, […]
Sapa – Tam Coc, Day 4: O Quy Ho Mountain Pass (Lao Cai)
It was raining in the morning which prevented us from going outside early as we expected. However, we were lucky that the rain stopped around 9 AM. We headed out to rent 2 motorbikes at a nearby hotel, then straight to the Ô Quý Hồ peak. We passed “Thác Bạc” (Silver Waterfall) but then we […]