North part of Tay Ho District is a nice, quiet oasis. When entering the lake area you leave all the crowd, fume and noise behind. The neighbourhood becomes calmer, buildings hide into the tiny alleys soothing and toning the landscape. It’s where you hear birds singing in the morning hours interrupted from time to time […]

|   I didn’t spend too much time in Sapa (not yet!) so I didn’t explore what it has to offer when it comes to food. Had a quick brekkie at the hotel (banana, egg, fried rice) and spend rest of the time visiting the villages in the area, drinking water and snacking on some […]

  Ethnic minority people in North Vietnam (I’ve visited villages of H’Mong, Dzay and Dzao) are very open, friendly smile back at you with the biggest smiles and the only flaw is the fact that 98% of them wants to sell something. Anyway, when refused (gently but firmly) they change the topic and ask about […]

They say “third time lucky” and indeed, it took me 3 times to come to Vietnam before I decided to move my ass to Sapa, the tourism centre of the north-west part of the country. I was a bit hesitating as I am not a fan of the touristy hotspots but man, it was worth […]

      I would think I know most of the treats Vietnam has to offer. I’d thought that multiple dozens of days spent on ransacking the streets and pavements, peeking into hole’s in the wall and other nooks and crannies, going through food blogs, google images and dictionaries would make me some kind of […]