Tag: cat Ba
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 -cat Ba/Hanoi
We spent our last full day in Cat Ba making use of the hotel facilities and wandering about in a leisurely manner. A welcome relief before hitting the chaos that is Hanoi. Should you decide to visit Cat Ba at this time of year I would definitely recommend the Flamingo. Go for a sea front…
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 -cat Ba/night kayaking
I have discovered that Vietnam does indeed produce its own wine. It started in French colonial times but had a boost when Australian wine companies got involved in the early 2000’s. Most grapes are grown between the Central Highlands and the coastal areas of Central Vietnam. So now we know. And it’s perfectly quaffable. Today…
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Australia and Vietnam Revisited 2025 -Cat Ba
Our drive from Ninh Binh to Hai Phong (where we caught the ferry) confirmed my views that this part of Vietnam is a fairly unattractive part of the world. I know it was cloudy and wet and that doesn’t help matters at all, but the views were either row upon row of concrete service buildings,…
