After a long walk with many stops due to many beautiful scenes, we finally got to Sapa at 10 pm to wake up the next morning in a beautiful place. This is the view overlooking Sapa city from Sapa Village Hotel. For the first time in my life, I stood still for almost 20 minutes…
After saying goodbye to the city center, we moved to stay at an H’ mong friend’s homestay near the suspension bridge in Cat Cat village. In fact, his family’s house was located deep in the forest, but he rented this house to live on his own, as a location to produce essential oil products, soaps,…
Our next destination was Bac Ha. According to the document, the name Bac Ha initiated from the Tay phrase “Pac ha” which means “a hundred bundles of straw”. During the French colonial period, the French interpreted the sound of Pac ha into Latin letters as Pakha. The Vietnamese called it Bac Ha which then became…
That afternoon. Like every other day, we were still together, but that time, we were on the bank of Chao Phraya river. That was the 2nd “honeymoon”. We had heard, read, and watched many documents about Chao Phraya, but hadn’t touched it before. In old maps, this river is often called “Me Nam”, “Menam”, or…
When scheduling a trip to Hanoi – Bangkong – Chiang Mai – Bangkok – Ho Chi Minh City, I contacted in advance with some acquaintances who were living in Thailand to ask about things I was unclear about, because the information easily found on the Internet might be insufficient or inaccurate. A college friend of…
In short, you should be mentally prepared for all possible situations.
Suk 11 Hostel is on 1/13 Sukhumvit 11, Bangkok 10110, Thailand; about 100 steps away from Nana BTS, and about a few hundreds of steps more to the Terminal 21 Sukhumvit BTS Station. As I observed, Suk 11 was renovated from an old-style condominium: a long row of small, consecutive apartments with separate stairs to…
Previously, I used to represent Withlocals in Vietnam, and I also signed up as a cooking host for tourists, thereby making friends with lots of interesting people. Last time in Thailand, we also tried to book a tour led by the natives and order meals at the locals’ houses. Although they were not professional “hospitality”…
Another cute place you should consider visiting when choosing your accommodation is #theyardbangkok. This place was built by Som and another woman whose name is also Som from old containers and vintage-style décor items. The Yard Bangkok is not very close to the city center, but it is near Chatuchak market which is a weekend…
We have the habit of visiting local markets everywhere I go. Through local markets, we know more about the people, culture, lifestyle, taste, and the habit of the locals. For example, Thailand markets that I have been to are all nicely organized, like Ben Thanh, Tan Dinh, Ba Chieu markets, etc. in Vietnam. But a…
