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Danang to Hoi An Vietnam

Update 22/01/2020 By James Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

The best way to get from Danang to Hoi An is by road. Most travellers will stay in Hoi An, the picture-perfect UNESCO Heritage-listed town but will arrive in Danang by air or rail. This is because Hoi An has neither a railway station nor an airport but don't worry it isn't far and below I'll cover the quickest, cheapest, most luxurious, budget and comfortable ways to get … [Read more...]

Ho Chi Minh to Hoi An, Vietnam. The Three Best Ways

Update 18/01/2020 By James Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

Ho Chi Minh is about 930Km from Hoi An by road and is the largest city in Vietnam. The fastest way to get from Ho Chi Minh to Hoi An is of course, a direct flight ( approx 1.5 hours) but there are cheaper and arguably nicer and more eco friendly ways to make the journey. Unfortunately flying isn't direct, neither is the train, both terminate in Danang. Ho Chi Minh was the … [Read more...]

Bun Bo Hue – Bún Bò Huế – What is It?

Update 05/01/2020 By James Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

Bun bo Hue originated in the beautiful ancient city of Hue in Central Vietnam. Like the more famous Pho Bo, it is a beef noodle dish but is distinctly different due to history and origins. Geographical origins and climate invariably affect flavour and ingredients found in classic Vietnamese dishes but pho bo, unlike bun bo Hue, has a French influence. Hue was long known as … [Read more...]

Where To Stay For Phong Nha National Park and Caves

Update 10/12/2019 By Alyson for World Travel Family. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

Phong Nha is an absolute jewel of Vietnam. If you thought Sapa and Halong Bay were the ultimate must see places for natural beauty, think again. Phong Nha, more correctly Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park is a stunner. If all you want from Vietnam is natural beauty and the unspoilt Vietnamese rural landscape, that's fine. However, Phong Nha doesn't just have that. Phong Nha … [Read more...]

Living in Hoi An

Update 24/01/2020 By Alyson for World Travel Family. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

Everything on living in Hoi An after almost 6 months here.This post started out as a bit of a whinge about how dull it was sitting still for a couple of months but in our second month, after starting this post in the wee small hours, we went out for breakfast and a bike ride and I found myself falling under a car. Being alive and content in an ultra-charming little … [Read more...]

Hoi An Photo Tour With Pieter of Hoi An Photo Walks ( Now Photo Voyager )

Update 04/09/2019 By Alyson for World Travel Family. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

One of the best things I did during our 6 months in Hoi An Vietnam, was find a morning for myself to take a Hoi An photo tour with Pieter. Pieter runs Hoi An Photo Walks - Now renamed Photo Voyager - and we already knew him socially through our running in Hoi An, he is behind Hoi An Hash House Harriers. I tagged along for a morning of photography in Hoi An Old Town. … [Read more...]

Hoi An With Kids

Update 13/11/2019 By Alyson for World Travel Family. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

Hoi An is a magical little town on the coast in central Vietnam and we enjoyed 6 months there with our kids. Famous for its UNESCO listed Old Town, tailors' shops and monthly full moon lantern festival, it also has long sandy beaches and 5 star resorts. It attracts family holiday makers in large numbers. They visibly out-number backpackers these days and a lot of families with … [Read more...]

Kumquat Festival Hoi An & Tet

Update 30/07/2019 By Alyson for World Travel Family. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

The kumquats and flowers of Tet were just one of the highlights and interesting happenings during our 6 months living in Hoi An. Tet is a huge festival, Lunar New Year, and it was a privilege to be in Vietnam at this special time. Kumquats play a starring roll in the Tet festivities and Hoi An started getting in the mood for New Year around the time of The Kumquat … [Read more...]

The Hoi An Floods

Update 30/09/2019 By Alyson for World Travel Family. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

We've been seeing amazing images in galleries around town of picturesque Vietnamese women paddling canoes and sampans through Hoi An's incredibly ancient laneways but we didn't really expect to be here to experience the Hoi An floods for ourselves. The day before yesterday ( 3rd November) we heard that local officials announced the flood gates up-river from us would be opened … [Read more...]

Banh Xeo, Eating and Cooking Vietnam’s Crispy Pancakes

Update 29/03/2020 By Alyson for World Travel Family. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

The menu just said banh xeo, Vietnamese pancakes. We ordered them innocent and unexpecting with no idea what would be delivered to our table. We were in Hoi An, a city in central Vietnam famous for good food so we figured, as we had 3 months to spend in Vietnam, that we should try every item on the menu. Our first banh xeo had us hooked. At least one of our family has eaten … [Read more...]

What to Eat in Hoi An And Where

Update 12/11/2019 By Alyson for World Travel Family. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

Hoi An is famous as a food lovers' destination with many local specialities to eat. The Vietnamese food here is superb but there are also some great Western, Asian and Western / Asian fusion restaurants to try. What to eat in Hoi An, after trying ( almost) every dish and every restaurant over 5 months. Every day we've eaten out at restaurants, street stalls, hotels and cafes at … [Read more...]

Almanity Hotel Hoi An, a Review

Update 21/08/2019 By Alyson for World Travel Family. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

We only stayed one night, but the Almanity Hotel was a place to fall in love with. We know Hoi An well now after 2 months living on the edge of the historic Old Town and we know that standards in Vietnam are superb at the Almanity Hotel's level but still this medium sized luxury resort hotel had that little extra something that made it stand out. The location is great, the food … [Read more...]