Statistics Days: 44. We arrived in Vietnam on April 28 and departed on June 10. Cities: 6. Hà Nội, Huế, Hội An, Đà Nẵng, Đà Lạt, and Hồ Chí Minh City. Apartment Rentals: 2. We had an AirBNB rental in…
Travel Day: Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam to Chicago, USA (June 10-11, 2017)
Our trip from Vietnam back to the USA was not very straightforward. Due to booking the cheapest tickets, we ended up with three flights and an overnight in China. All of our flights went smoothly and we didn’t encounter any…
Eating Our Way Across Vietnam
Taking six weeks to tour Vietnam from north to south gave us the wonderful opportunity to sample regional specialties everywhere we traveled. To those unfamiliar with Vietnamese cuisine, you are probably imaging bánh mì sandwiches and bowls of noodle soup…
Hồ Chí Minh City, Formerly Known as Sài Gòn
Depending on your age, you may know the capital of Vietnam as Sài Gòn, which is what many of the locals still call their city. Up until 1975, the entire world called it Saigon, when it was then renamed Hồ…