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Riding the bullet train in Japan was on our wish list of things to do. Using The Man in Seat 61 website we researched Japan trains and purchased our tickets one month in advance, the maximum allowed, on the Shinkansen high speed train from Hiroshima to Tokyo. Read more
Hiroshima was the first military target of a nuclear weapon in history and was arguably the most devastating historic event in modern history. Why did the USA drop an atomic bomb here and one in Nagasaki? Read more
After 36 years of Japanese colonial era rule, Korea was liberated on August 15, 1945 at the end of the second world war. However, no decision could be reached about who would control the country. The USA and the Soviet Union agreed to arbitrarily divide the country Read more
Ninh Binh, a mesmerizing area known locally as ‘Ha Long Bay on land’ thanks to its magical landscape with sheer limestone mountains rising from the rice paddies. In addition to its natural beauty, Ninh Binh also has a rich history dating back thousands of years. Read more
Rugged, craggy and jungle-clad Cat Ba is the largest of 367 islands in the Cat Ba Archipelago, and 25km from the UNESCO Heritage site of Ha Long Bay. The region is famous for its karst topography featuring thousands of towering limestone islands and islets, stunning caves and white sandy beaches. Read more
Sitting at an elevation of 1,600m or 5,200ft Sapa is situated in the NW region of Vietnam, close to the Chinese Border. It is surrounded by mountains that are part of the Hoang Lien Son range, with nearby Fansipan mountain being the highest peak in Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia). Read more
Laos has the unenviable distinction of being the most heavily bombed nation on earth per capita. We certainly did not know this, so our time here was educational as well as interesting. Read more
Leaving what I now realize was the relative calm of Da Nang, we flew into Hanoi for 5 days. Holy smokes this place is crazy!!! Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam Read more