Sophie’s Art Tour What started as a project by the french -but living in Vietnam- Sophie, has now grown into a company that offers several tours in both Saigon and Hanoi, run by four tour guides, including Sophie herself. We never met her, since our tour was lead by the Brit Stu. Let me tell […]
Review Back of the Bike Tours Saigon
Just relax and sit back In my previous blog post I explained why (motor-)bikes are the perfect means of transportation in Saigon. But also that the hectic traffic on Saigon’s streets is not very inviting for tourists to participate in. That’s where Back of the Bike Tours comes in. You don’t drive yourself; instead you […]
Motorbikes in Vietnam
Motorbikes in Vietnam Motorbikes, usually simply referred to as ‘bikes’, are of vital importance in the daily life of Vietnam and the Vietnamese. Before writing about our ‘Back of the Bike’-tour-experience, it therefor seems only right to explain and show you more about motorbikes in Vietnam. Bikelihood In our hotel I came across a cool […]
Saigon then and now
Saigon then and now As you know, I traveled around in Vietnam almost 25 years ago. The only place that I revisited now was Ho Chi Minh, better known as Saigon. And obviously a lot has changed. Saigon is developing rapidly in many ways. Foreign investors finally got access, so there is a lot of […]