Hanoi isn’t the best place to be a vegetarian, especially for street food, but we did find some excellent vegetarian food while we were there. Our favorite food was at Com Chay Nang Tam, which we visited most days. Com Chay Nag Tam Vegetarian Restaurant This is an excellent vegetarian restaurant on Tran Hung Dao. It …

For our stay in Hanoi, we booked The Landmark Hanoi Hotel, and it was a great choice. We initially booked a standard room, but this turned out to be very small, with only a small window to the hallway. So after a couple of days we changed to a deluxe room with balcony. This was …

Hanoi has thousands of cafes, but if you’re look for something a bit different I’d suggest a visit to Cafe Pho Co. This cafe has an awesome view of Hoan Kiem Lake, and getting to the cafe is equally interesting. You may walk straight passed this cafe without realizing it’s there, as you need to …

After Luang Prabang our next stop was Hanoi, so we had a choice of traveling by bus or taking a flight. The bus costs $50, and leaves at 18:00 every day, except Thursday. The bus takes 24 hours to get to Hanoi and is often described as the Journey From Hell. A flight with Lao …

For many tourists, one of the highlights of visiting Luang Prabang is the morning alms giving procession. Every morning from around 5:30 am, people line the streets to give food to the monks from the nearby temples. The image below shows the monks being given food, mainly sticky rice and snacks. And here’s a video …

For our stay in Luang Prabang, we opted for three nights at Philaylack Villa, which is just a few minutes walk away from the night market, cafes and restaurants. It’s also less than one minutes’ walk from the Mekong River. This was a fairly small room, but it was big enough for three days. It …