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Around The World: Halong & It's Markets

Posted on Sunday, April 22, 2012

22 April

Towards the coast, you can scramble to get on a million of these old, wooden boats and take a trip along Halong Bay where you can visit caves, fisheries and famous rocks. Not only that, on these boats, they will provide you with an excellent seafood lunch.

Once you get past all the people buying cheap as cigarettes out of black bags, you'll be confronted by an incredible sight...

Boat

Boats outside the caves; it was a s***fight

My brother & I

Kissing Hens.

Our seafood lunch went something along the lines of this (and these photos aren't even half!)

- Spring Rolls

- Fishcakes

- A whole fish

- Crab

- Pippies

- Prawns

- Noodles

- Soup

It was truly a good day spent on the water.

Another place I went to were the markets (the name escapes me). I was less than impressed but the vibrance of clothing and eclectic mix of produce, products & services was something completely new to me.

Fresh Chillies

Vibrance

Handcrafted Bowls

It's so interesting to see another culture you really haven't been exposed to before. I actually wonder how things can be so simply made.

Ella xx

Around The World: Sapa, Vietnam

22 April

At the beginning of last year, I went on an "Asia" trip with my family. Together, we visited Thailand (for family), Laos, Vietnam and Japan. This post is the beginning of a series I'm going to call Around The World.

Vietnam was, to say the least, absolutely crazy. People everywhere, motorbikes everywhere, food everything, pollution everywhere. I'll be honest, I didn't like it that much. Coming from picturesque Laos it was a total change.

I loved Sapa, which is in the far North. It's just like a floating village. Their bread, cakes, hot chocolates and pizza's (yeah) were amazing. The Vietnamese definitely have a thing about bread; it's excellent! My family and I caught the train up, the four of us sharing this tiny compartment. We ate nutella and freshly baked bread through out, then fell asleep to the sound of the train speeding off into the darkness.

This is my experience in Sapa, in a nutshell.