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There are a few places on Earth where a photograph fails to convey the scale and magnificence of the location. One is the Grand Canyon. Another is Ha Long Bay in Vietnam - a magical, otherworldly archipelago for many miles, with aquamarine waters contrasted against 2,000 towering limestone islands. I was born in Vietnam and spent nearly all my childhood outside the U.S., including in Southeast Asia. In November I visited the region to scope out a possible documentary. Most everything in Vietnam is inexpensive: meals, lodgings, getting around. An abundant and delicious dinner can be $2 to $4. A bottle of cold beer or a cup of rich Vietnamese coffee is about $1.25. That may not be as surprising if you know that the average Vietnamese earns about $3,600 a year. I opted to visit a less-traveled part of Ha Long Bay known as Bai Tu Bay, ferried on a boat that mirrored a Chinese junk from few centuries ago. The handful of passengers hailed from Germany, France, New Zealand, Switzerland, Lake Tahoe and Missouri. It intrigued me to learn that the six people who were from Germany (Bavaria, Berlin and the German part of Switzerland) each spoke such different dialects that they could barely communicate with one another, even though Germany is about the size of New Mexico. The quiet and stillness of the bay was quite a contrast to the whirlwind of Hanoi, with its millions of coruscating motor scooters, often with a family of four perched atop one of them, in a universe with its own traffic laws. There are few crosswalks or traffic lights, and scarcely room on sidewalks. You forge ahead as if plunging into a school of fish. Bai Tu Long Bay Bai Tu Long Bay Hanoi Hoi An Hoi An Ninh Binh Ninh Binh I was blessed to visit the Ninh Binh area, a Ha Long Bay on land, where you can coast in a small boat through rural scenery, including caves. Each boat can hold four passengers and, by chance, I was paired with two young women from Hanoi attired in colorful, traditional attire. They must have taken a thousand phone selfies each during the 2½ hour ride. I offered to take a couple of photos of them together with their phones, in their traditional attire, in that fairytale landscape. Another stop was the ancient town of Hoi An, a well-preserved trading port dating to the 15th century that is lit with silk lanterns at night. Each evening, boats of all shapes and sizes cruise the river through town, bedecked with lanterns and holiday lights. It's quite a sight when the moon is full. I learned only late in her life that my mother had a true love in Vietnam (not my father) but ended the affair to stay in her marriage and with her children. This was during the Vietnam War, and the man was an American journalist for The New York Times and Time, among other publications. He died in a plane crash there in 1965, at age 31. When my mother died a few years ago, I took some of her ashes to his grave in upstate New York. My mother held him in her memory for another 57 years. I also brought some of her ashes on this journey to Vietnam to lay at the scene, as it were, of some of the happier moments of her life.

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Send us a textIn this episode we delve into the vibrant yet often misunderstood city of Hanoi. While it is the capital, it often serves more as a transit point for travellers to visit other places like Halong Bay, Ninh Binh and Sapa. This is an opportunity to see Hanoi in a whole new light.I hope you enjoy this insightful conversation with my close associate, Ha (Hannah), a proud Hanoian with deep roots in the city.Spoiler Alert: In the show we don't walk the well-trodden tourist paths of Hanoi. We go below the surface to uncover its Christian background: Coffee culture, and the history behind the collective living quarters of Hanoi and how the Doi Moi period has shaped Hanoi and essentially the Vietnam you are visiting today.00:05:31 - Update on Typhoon Yagi 00:12:00 - Discovering Hanoi Below the Surface 00:18:19 -  Catholic Heritage 00:22:15 -  Coffee Culture 00:34:03 - Collective Living Quarters in Hanoi 00:36:26 - The Doi Moi Period Tours Churches tour,  Please email me whataboutvietnam@gmail.comYagi – AppealsLinks UNICEF - Blue Dragon Link - The Collective living quarters Half a million coffee shopshttps://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-home-to-half-a-million-coffee-shops-post292030.vnpVietnam rises from deep povertyBook  -The Bridge Generation of Việt Nam (Spanning Wartime to Boomtime)Dau Thuy Ha & Nancy K Napier Other Hanoi Episodes - S3-E9, S4-E9, S4-E10,Thank you to Jack Soloman Photography for his contribution. The best way to connect with me is not via text, it is through the website www.whataboutvietnam.com website and email.Thank you for listening. Do not send TEXT as I am unable to respond directly. Please email whataboutvietnam@gmail.com Keep abreast of news on our social pages on FB, IG,LinkedIn and TikTokWe'd love a review on your podcast channel.Let me design your #customised #private tour of Vietnam - See our Travel ServicesDo you need a #Dental Procedure? Why not find out what's possible through our Dental and #Cosmetic Medical partner Worldwide Beauty Hospital. Mention #whataboutvietnam to receive 5% discount at Worldwide Beauty Hospital

I decided to take my family on a vacation to Vietnam this March of 2024. I wanted my 3 young children to experience the life of their ancestors homeland. I also wanted to show them that the life that they have in American is much easier than the people that live in Vietnam. This trip was an eye opener because we gotten to visited Ha Noi for the first time and we saw the most beautiful scene in Ninh Binh. After Ha Noi, we flew to Da Nang and that is where we visited some relative and did some charity. This kind of trip is what makes me thrive to do better for myself in order to make a difference in other life.    For more content, please follow:INSTAGRAMinstagram.com/thethailyfeTIKTOKvm.tiktok.com/ZTd9RHyUjYouTubewww.youtube.com/@TheTHAILyfe

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Are you a drone enthusiast planning to visit Vietnam? Or do you have a general interest in drone photography. Either way you won't want to miss this episode where my guest  Anton, a local drone enthusiast, shares his tips and experiences on drone use in the country.  Along with some humorous tales of motor bike riding.Anton, known as 'Alright Anton'  from his YouTube channel  is able to share with us his insights and tips on how to simplify the process of using drones for non-commercial purposes.  He shares very real circumstances that can impact your drone flying success in some locations; and you will laugh hysterically at the stories he shares containing birds, wind and avoiding mountains.The big tip: - Stick to avoiding 'no fly' zones and you won't have any problems.Anton, originally from Ukraine, has been traveling throughout Asia for the past five years, starting in Malaysia, where he taught English for three years. He developed an interest in blogging and photography during his travels and has since started a YouTube channel where he shares his experiences and drone footage. Anton believes that Vietnam has it all, from beaches to mountains, making it an ideal destination for drone photography.For the real amateurs like myself I share some of my own experiences with my DJI Mavic Pro 3,  and how travelling with this camera can cause some challenges. However, with some forethought, and proper planning, these can easily be overcome.It's a fun show as in addition to Anton's droning experiences he shares his genuine love of places like Ninh Binh, Ha Giang, Sapa and while some of his travel stories are scary, his tales are very amusing.This is Part 3 of the mini series of Photography, which I hope you will keep for reference and share with other interested travellers.Please check out Anton's work here, truly worthwhile :- Alright Anton's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrg2HDkWT86HENJHQPKk3gg Alright Anton's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/alright_anton/This is the drone Anton uses: https://www.dji.com/mini-2Please reach out and give us your feedback. with our new VOICE MESSAGE on our home page - www.whataboutvietnamLet me design your customised private tour of Vietnam - See our new Travel Services Sign up for the newsletter. Read our blogsListen for FREE. https://www.whataboutvietnam.comPlease rate, review and send us your comments on Apple. Follow us on our Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/whataboutvietnam Follow us on Insta here - https://www.instagram.com/whataboutvietnampodcast/ Follow us on LinkedIN here - https://www.linkedin.com/company/what-about-vietnam/ Why not listen to us on YOU TUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCavCC1--oE5rUhO_SlENmqwCheck out out #Shorts - 30 #Vietnamtraveltips in 30 days.

In this episode of "What About Vietnam," I talk with adventurer and cinematographer Jack Taylor about the region of Sapa in north western Vietnam. Sapa is a scenic area known for its mountainous terrain and rice terraced fields. Jack shares his experience trekking and filming for his Youtube channel through the Hoang Lien Son Mountains and his interactions with the local hill tribes. As a result of this trip, Jack is able to provide useful information for travellers looking to explore the region and includes a link to Jack's YouTube channel for more visual content.Exploring the mountains of Sapa is an adventure like no other. Sapa is an overnight train ride or bus ride from Hanoi. It is the perfect place for those looking to get a glimpse of the mountainous regions, scenic rice terraced fields, and hill tribes of Vietnam. It's the place that opens you up to the ethnic minority tribes of Vietnam and of traditions still operating as they have done for hundreds of years. His commentary around their guide on the trip, called May , will endear you to the Dao people which  many say are one of the many warm and welcoming ethnic groups in the region.  Jack Taylor has traveled around the world, living in Spain, China, and Thailand before arriving in Vietnam and deciding to use his cinematic skills to create a more focused view of Vietnam.  His aim has been to focus on the people, places, food, and culture of the places he visited, and his videos of Sapa capture the beauty of the region perfectly. You will know what I mean if you check his YouTube channel here which features  his story of trekking for 3 days with the Dao tribe  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kPFsRVuAMOverall, Sapa is an amazing place to explore the culture and wildlife of Vietnam. With the right preparation, research and respect for the local hill tribes, you will enjoy your stay and be talking about it for years to come.For more visual content on the town of Sapa, check out Jack's YouTube - https://youtu.be/YSToRsNfb6A[00:00:40] Sapa and Trekking in Vietnam. [00:05:18] Sapa and first experience. [00:08:06] Choosing the right trekking guide. [00:12:06] Trekking with local tribes. [00:16:00] Hiking tips for Sapa. [00:21:14] Herbal bath experience. [00:23:21] Backpacking in Vietnam. [00:28:11] Water buffalo and snakes.Please reach out and give us your feedback. with our new VOICE MESSAGE on our home page - www.whataboutvietnamLet me design your customised private tour of Vietnam - See our new Travel Services Sign up for the newsletter. Read our blogsListen for FREE. https://www.whataboutvietnam.comPlease rate, review and send us your comments on Apple. Follow us on our Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/whataboutvietnam Follow us on Insta here - https://www.instagram.com/whataboutvietnampodcast/ Follow us on LinkedIN here - https://www.linkedin.com/company/what-about-vietnam/ Why not listen to us on YOU TUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCavCC1--oE5rUhO_SlENmqwCheck out out #Shorts - 30 #Vietnamtraveltips in 30 days.

Last time we spoke about Francis Garnier and his wild expedition in Vietnam. Yes against all his superiors orders, Garnier decided to grab a few of the boys and sail up river to threaten and steal territories for France. He first struck at the grand city of Hanoi, taking it much to the shock of the Nguyen officials. But he did not stop there oh no, he then set his eyes upon the provinces of Hung Yen and Phu Ly. Both were taken with shockingly small forces, but Garnier strived for even more and dispatched a force to take Hai Duong. Then he found out the Vietnamese at Ninh Binh were forming an army to fight him so he attacked it. This greatly pissed off the Vietnamese and their Black Flag Army allies who attacked Hanoi and in the process Garnier died charging into the enemy like a madman. Today we continue the story of how France colonized Indochina.   #43 The Tonkin Campaign   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. Now last we spoke, Henri Riviere basically took up the mantle of Francis Garnier and began to seize territory in Tonkin against his nation's wishes. That was of course until the government changed and the new administration led by Jules Ferry were very pro colonization and immediately supported Riviere.  Now Rivieres actions had caused a real maestrum for the Nguyen empire. Liu Yongfu went to Hanoi and slapped a note against the citadel on March 26th of 1883 threatening to kill Henri Riviere, taunting the french into battle. This scared the hell out of the Nguyen court who expected Riviere to unleash hell so they ordered prince Hoang Ke Viem to go seek out the Black Flag Army to see what could be done. Hoang Ke Viem was sent under the guise he was trying to move the Black Flag forces away from Hanoi, but Riviere did not buy it at all. Riviere sent a letter to Hanoi's military commander Hoang Dieu, demanding he submit or get rid of the Black Flags, otherwise he would yet again attack Hanoi. Hoang Dieu simply stated it was impossible for him to do so. Thus Riviere and his forces occupied Hanoi by April 26th, further stressing out the Nguyen court who desperately sent envoys to negotiate with France. Meanwhile Hoang Ke Viem saw the paint on the wall and began to mobilize forces in the northern provinces for war. During the negotiations with the French, Riviere demanded the French be allowed to garrison at Son Tay, but the Nguyen court said they could not, it was in fact because the Black Flags were there. Rivier took this as an act of hostility and began to suspect Hoang Ke Viem was working directly with the Black Flags. Things were however not looking good for Riviere, he had very limited forces and was forced to go on the defensive. The Nguyen court then ordered Hoang Ke Viem to write a letter to the French in Hanoi to officially explain the role of the Black Flags, in the vain hope of regaining Hanoi free of conflict. Despite all of this Hoang Ke Viem and the Black Flags mobilized for battle. On March 28th, in response to Liu Yongfu's taunting, Riviere elected to go out and fight the enemy. Why would he do this with basically under 500 men against thousands? According to the French, Riviere was forced to do so to protect the prestige of France, so he led a column of 450 troops out of Hanoi's citadel to face the Black Flag Army who had taken a position in Phy Hoai, just a few miles away. His force was soon discovered by Liu Yongfu's scouts who set up an ambush at a village called Cau Giay. Within this village was a bridge, known to the french as Pont de Papier “Paper bridge”. The Black Flag forces hid themselves west of the bridge in the village of Trung Thong, Thien Thong and Ha Yen Ke. These 3 smaller villages were covered in thick bamboo groves and trees making them excellent spots to perform an ambush. The French column reached the Paper bridge around 7:30am led at the ron by the Chef de Bataillon Berthe de Villers. As they crossed the bridge, the French vanguard was suddenly fired upon by Black Flag troops prompting Berthe de Villers to deploy his men into a line formation and push forward towards the 3 villages. Liu Yongfu waited for the enemy line to fully commit, then tossed in his reserves, launching a sudden flank attack to the French's right. The Black Flag flank's volleys caused tremendous casualties upon the french, mortally wounding Berthe de Villers, forcing Riviere to assume direct command of the column. To avoid encirclement, Riviere ordered his men to pull back and regroup on the other side of Paper bridge. The retreat was conducted initially in good order, being covered by artillery support, but then disaster struck. Suddenly their artillery cannons overturned by the force of their recoil fire, prompting Riviere and some officers to rush forward to help the gunners allowing the Black Flag to unleash some deadly volleys. The volley's killed some French officers and wounded Riviere, and upon seeing this the Black Flag Soldiers surged forward to attack the French rearguard. During the mayhem Riviere was killed, and almost complete catastrophe occurred for the French forces, until Lt De Vaisseau Pissere took command and pulled the men to the eastern side of the bridge. The Black Flag were finally pushed back and the French column was forced to limp back to Hanoi. The French had lost 5 officers, 30 men and had 55 wounded. The Black Army were estimated to have lost 50 dead and perhaps 50 wounded out of a total of 1500 men. In the greater scheme of things, it was a small battle, but it had a significant effect. Aside from the loss of face for France and death of Riviere, it prompted action from the new government of France. Jules Ferry's administration received word of the loss and Rivieres death on May 26th and it was met with outrage. French Naval minister Admiral Peyron declared “'France will avenge her glorious children!' His words would be echoed in the Chamber of Deputies for they immediately tossed 3.5 million france to finance a punitive expedition to Tonkin. The Tonkin Expeditionary corps were established in June of 1883 sent primarily to pacify Tonkin. They were led by General de Brigade Alexandre-Eugene Bouet, the most senior marine infantry officer close on hand, that being in Cochinchina. Bouet began his new mission by changing the attire of his forces, introduced lightweight black pyjama style summer uniforms, with some added black cloth to cover their white pith helmets. The idea behind this was simple, try not to stand out like a sore thumb so much in the jungle. Bouet arrived to Tonkin to find their position pretty precarious. The French only had small garrisons in Hanoi, Nam Dinh, Haiphong and very isolated small outposts in Hon Gai and Qui Nhon. Thus for the month of June he had the men dig in and perform defensive actions, sporadically being harassed by Vietnamese and Black Flag forces. Bouet needed to wait for reinforcements and decided to hire some local Yellow Flags. I have not mentioned them, but the Yellow Flag's were basically the same type of force as the Black FLag's, Chinese bandits who crossed over the border after the Taiping Rebellion. The Vietnamese government initially began to support the Yellow Flags to fight off the Black Flags, but as time went on the Black Flag's pretty much beat the shit out of the Yellow flags, excuse my French. Bouet would allegedly hire 800 Yellow Flag members to augment his forces.  In late july Bouet received reinforcements when Admiral Amedee Courtbet arrived to Ha Long Bay giving the French around 2500 infantry, 6 gunboats and some artillery pieces to work with. Bouet knew with these forces he could perform some offensive campaigns against the Black Flag Army, but he also was under orders to push for a political settlement with the Nguyen empire to recognize the French protectorate in Tonkin. Bouet and Courtbet met with Jules Harmand the new civil commissioner general for Tonkin to discuss war plans. The 3 men agreed that Bouet should launch an offensive against the Black Flag Army in Phu Hoai as a first action. They also noted that Rivieres suspicions about the Nguyen working with the Black Flags covertly was most likely true, therefore they decided to also strike against the Vietnamese forces as well. This was a significant escalation as attacking the Nguyen army forces could provoke the Qing dynasty.  The first thing to be done was sail up the Hue river, but in order to do so the French would need to seize the Thuan An forts guarding its entrance. Admiral Courtbet took his flagship Bayard out on august 16th to scout the forts while his flotilla assembled. Courtbet would have the ironclad Bayard and Atalante, the cruiser Chateaurenault and gunboats Vipere, Lynx and armed transport Drac and Annamite. On August the 18th the flotilla got into position at the entrance of the Hue river. A delegation was sent in advance to the Nguyen officials to demand the surrender of the forts, but the fort commander declined to respond. At 5:40pm the French ships began to open fire, met by return fire from the forts. The bombardment lasted only an hour, until it got dark and the ships had to turn on their electric searchlights to illuminate the forts. Dawn the next day the ships recommenced bombardment devastating the forts, though the Nguyen return fire did manage to strike their ships a few times. On August the 20th, 2 marine companies were landed near the northern fort led by Captain Parrayon of the ship Bayard. The Vietnamese trench line troops fired upon the invaders. After and hour of fighting, Parrayon seized the northern fort and raised the French flag.  After taking this fort the French turned their attention to the southern fort and began to bombard it and prepared marines to land. It was all for nothing however as the defenders had abandoned the fort and nearby village while the northern fort was under attack. The casualties for the Nguyen forces were heavy, with some outrageous estimates ranging up to 2000. Enseigne de vaisseau Louis-Marie-Julian Viaud served under Admiral Courbet aboard the Atalante and he wrote extensively of the Tonkin campaign under the pen name Pierre Loti. He wrote about the battle of Thuan An, giving accounts of atrocities committed by the French forces. He would later be recalled by the French navy and suspended from duty for publishing such works, here is a passage about the aftermath of the battle “The great slaughter now began. Our men fired double volleys, and it was a pleasure to see their streams of well-aimed bullets shredding the enemy ranks, surely and methodically, twice a minute, on the word of command... We could see some men, quite out of their senses, standing up, seized with a dizzy desire to run... They zigzagged, swerving this way and that way as they tried to outrun death, clutching their garments around their waists in a comical way... Afterwards, we amused ourselves by counting the dead…” Pierre Loti spoke of how the French marines took pleasure bayoneting wounded Vietnamese troops, slaughtering the clearly outgunned men. The seizure of the forts shocked the Nguyen court and an 48 hour armistice was quickly agreed upon. The Nguyen court agreed immediately to evacuate 12 inland forts defending the Hue river, destroyed their ammunition and removed barrages. Jules Harmand sailed up the Hue river to meet directly with the Nguyen court where he threatened them with complete annihilation unless they accepted a French protectorate over both Tonkin and Annam. This is what he said to them “If we wanted to, we could destroy your dynasty root and branch and seize for ourselves the entire kingdom, as we have done in Cochinchina. You know very well that this would present no difficulty to our armies. For a moment, you hoped to find help from a great empire on your borders, which has on several occasions posed as your suzerain. But even if such a suzerainty ever existed, and whatever the consequences that might once have resulted from it, it is now nothing but a historical curiosity. Now here is a fact which is quite certain. You are completely at our mercy. We have the power to seize and destroy your capital and to starve you all to death. It is up to you to choose between war and peace. We do not wish to conquer you, but you must accept our protectorate. For your people, it is a guarantee of peace and prosperity. For your government and your court, it is the only chance of survival. We give you forty-eight hours to accept or reject, in their entirety and without discussion, the terms which we are magnanimously offering you. We believe that there is nothing in them dishonourable to you, and if they are carried out with sincerity on both sides they will bring happiness to the people of Annam. But if you reject them, you can expect to suffer the most terrible of misfortunes. The worst catastrophe you are capable of imagining will fall far short of what will actually befall you. The empire of Annam, its royal dynasty and its princes and court will have voted for their own extinction. The very name of Vietnam will be erased from history.” The Nguyen court, cowed to this on August 25th by signing the Treaty of Hue. The treaty forced the Nguyen empire to recognize the French protector for both Tonkin and Annam. The Nguyen court would survive, but now had to take direction from  French advisors. The Nguyen Emperor would be required to take personal audience with the French commissioner general in Tonkin, a unprecedented thing for them. And in return for all of this, the French would drive out the Black Flags, something they were already doing.  Now while Admiral Courbet slammed the Nguyen forces at Thuan An, General Bouet led the offensive against Liu Yongfu's Black Flag army. He led 2500 French and Vietnamese troops augmented by a further 450 Yellow Flag members. His force was divided into 3 columns, the left led by Lt Colonel Revillon consisting of marines, Cochinchinese riflement, 2 artillery sections and the Yellow Flag battalion. The central column led by Chef de bataillon Paul Coronnat consisted of a marine battalion, a marine artillery battery and some Cochinchinese riflemen. Finally the right column was led by Colonel Bichot consisting of a marine infantry battalion, a artillery battery and more Cochinchinese riflement.  Bichot took his column along the Red river where 6 French gunboats could support his movements. Bouet took a reserve force and marched behind Revillons column as they went to Phu Hoai. Liu Yongfu's Black Flag army consisted of around 3000 men who he had position 2 lines of field fortifications blocking the roads going to Son Tay. The first line was near the village of Cau Giay where Riviere had died on paper bridge and the second was close behind it defending the approach to the villages of Phu Noai, Noi and Hong. As Revillon's left column tried to attack the right side of the Black Flag first line they were quickly counterattacked by Liu Yongfu and the bulk of his forces. Revillons men began to run low on ammunition and performed a fighting withdrawal towards the Paper bridge. As they did so their Vietnamese coolies began to panic, nearly causing a rout. However a marine infantry battalion took up a position in the village of Vong and provided cover fire for the withdrawing forces inflicting heavy casualties upon the Black Flag army units who had left their defensive line to pursue them out in the open field. As night was approaching, Bouet tossed his reserves in enabling Revillon to stabilize a line. During the evening, Bouet had not received word from the other 2 columns thus he ordered Revillons column to pull back to Hanoi. It turned out the other 2 columns had failed to apply enough pressure on the Black Flag line of defenses allowing Liu Yongfu to toss nearly the kitchen sink at Revillons force who were simply more isolated. Coronet's center column had no even made contact with the enemy at all while Bichots column captured the village of Trem but then became stuck when they ran into the 2nd black flag defensive line. On the night of the 16th of august, Bichots men advanced on the defensive line only to find out the Black Flag units abandoned it during the night, because while all of this was going on, the Red River had begun flooding on august the 15th. The Black Flag army knew more so about the flooding situation in the area and had slowly pulled out. Bichot meanwhile was simply content with occupying their abandoned line and decided not to pursue the enemy which was a huge mistake as the black flag army was actually in quite a disarray from the flooding. The battle of Phu Hoai as it became known resulted in 17 deaths and 62 wounded for the French and perhaps a few hundred deaths and many hundred wounded black flag units. Though the Black Flag army took very heavy casualties, the fact was they had stopped the french advance and thus won a victory. This led to local Tonkinese officials to be quite wary over who was going to win the conflict.  Now the flooding forced the Black Flag to pull back behind the Day River. They took up new positions around the villages of Phong which lay on the road going to Son Tay and the village of Palan which lay at the junction of the Red and Day rivers. Bouet resolved to attack the black flags again, so now he took his French, Cochinchinese and Yellow flag forces alongside 6 gunboats to hit the village of Palan. On August the 31st he began his offensive by using his gunboats to bombard the village and sent a French battalion to storm Palan. The village was taken with ease as the Black Flag units fled along the dykes away. Then the next day Bouet's column marched towards Phong along the 2 meter wide dykes running along the bank of the Day River. The column made it 3 kms from Palan where they ran into 1200 or so Black Flag units supported by over 3000 Vietnamese. The Black Flag units were armed with many modern Winchester rifles fighting tenacious giving little ground. The Vietnamese forces meanwhile were not making much of an active resistance and instead beat gongs, drums and made war chants, perhaps sitting on the fence so to say. As the French column pressed forward the Black flags began to pull back to a central defensive line behind earthen works and dykes. Li Yongfu had his HQ in a small pagoda and around his central command were hidden artillery positions well camouflaged. As the French approached the earthen works and dykes the artillery began to fire off causing heavy casualties amongst the French. The French were unable to locate where all the fire was coming from, prompting Bouet to order his gunboats to come closer to bombard the area. However the gunboat shells were soaked by rain and many were failing to explode causing little damage. Eventually Bouet ordered an assault upon the enemy's center. The column marched into a flooded rice paddy wading up to their breast in water and holding their rifles above their heads. The Black Flags from their concealed positions rained hell upon them. Despite the carnage the French pressed forward forcing the defenders to give way from intense fire and soon the Black Flag right wing collapsed towards the center. The French forces took advantage and began charging upon the enemy causing a rout as the Black Flag army fled. The french had roughly 16 dead with almost 50 wounded while the Black flags left 60 dead on the battlefield and probably had several hundred more dead and wounded carried off.  Bouets men tried to keep orderly conduct, but apparently the Yellow Flag units went around cutting off heads from the corpses and plundering peaceful nearby Vietnamese villages, so Bouet disbanded them. Liu Yongfu retained his army despite the tactical victory for the French, thus from the point of view of his superiors, Bouet had failed. Bouet resigned in early september as a result and would be replaced by Lt Colonel Anicet-Edmon-Justin Bichot, the next high ranking officer in Tonkin. His tenure would be short lived however and consisted of little more than reconnaissance actions, though during these his men did find the remains of Henri Riviere, whose mutilated body had been buried near the village of Kien Mai. From that point on France decided to give Admiral Courbet command over the expeditionary forces. Courbet would receive significant reinforcements in the form of over 10,000 men led by General Charles Theodore Millot. Courbet was instructed to uphold the primary mission, to annihilate the Black Flag army of Liu Yongfu. However things were about to get a whole lot messier. The Black Flag army had fled to the fortified city of Son Tay and the French had gradually figured out they were being supported by the Qing dynasty. The French had discovered the Qing had sent a large amount of troops over the border pretending to be Black Flag army units. French foreign minister Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour had met with the Qing minister Zeng Jize in Paris multiple times in 1883. He attempted to get the Qing to withdraw their covert forces who were garrisoning cities like Bac Ninh, Lang Son and Son Tay. The Qing refused and continuously made excuses. The French tried to speak to the German government to delay their recent sale of the battleships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan to the Qing to pressure them, only to be met with anti-french protests within China. Riots and minor attacks began against French held concessions in Guangzhou. The French knew, to attack the Black Flag Army further would most likely see a war break out with the Qing. France's military planners decided if they could launch a lightning storm campaign against the rest of Tonkin and seize it quickly enough, the Qing would likely back down. Thus in december of 1883 Admiral Courbet received authorization to launch a campaign against Liu Yongfu and the Black Flag Army, knowing full well it would probably result in an undeclared war against the Qing dynasty. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The French kept allowing officers to stir up trouble in Vietnam leading to the Tonkin Campaign. Now France was stuck in a war against the Nguyen Empire, the Black Flag Army of Liu Yongfu and soon the Qing dynasty would join in the fun.

Last time we spoke about how France ended up in Indochina. Yes while Britain got her hands very messy in China, France had likewise done the same in Southeast Asia. It began with Jesuit priests trying to convert those to Catholicism but they soon found themselves becoming increasingly more involved. The Nguyen empire grew weary of the tiresome catholics and began to crack down on them, leading to conflicts with the French and to a lesser extent the Spanish. Before they knew it a full blown war emerged where the Vietnamese tried desperately to fight off a Franco-Spanish force, but in the end were forced to capitulate to brutal demands. Yet again unequal treaties were placed upon a nation of the far east, but worse than that, the French took colonial possession of what became known as French Indochina. Today we continue that story.   #42 Francis Garnier's Insane Expedition   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. So we ended off the last episode with the signing of the Treaty of Saigon, yet again another unequal treaty in the east. It was so harsh, the Nguyen Emperor, Tu Duc sent an embassy to France in 1863 trying to revise it. The embassy failed their mission as Napoleon III had no intentions of lightening his grip on the new territorial acquisitions. Those territorial acquisitions to refresh your minds were Bien Hoa, Gia Dinh and Dinh Tuong. Thus by 1864 France had acquired a large part of southern Vietnam and declared it the French colony of Cochinchina. Also in August of 1863 the King of Cambodia Norodom signed a protectorate treaty with France cutting off the Kingdom of Siam and Empire of Nguyen's suzerainty over his country. If you think that is humiliating, just wait to hear this. Tu Duc's envoy to France, Phan Thanh Gian returned to Vietnam and was nominated governor ship of 3 southwestern provinces, Vinh Long, Chau Doc and Ha Tien. His French counterpart the Governor of the news Cochinchina, Pierre-Paul de la Grandiere was worried the 3 provinces to his west might be troublesome so he secretly organized an expedition to occupy them. Perhaps Phan Thanh Gian was told, or perhaps not, but it seems the French convinced Tu Duc to simply hand over the provinces which he did. Phan Thanh Gian told his people not to resistance, awaited orders which never came and killed himself via poisoning. Thus France now controlled all of southern Vietnam. Emperor Tu Duc officially handed the provinces over in the 1874 treaty of Saigon. The treaty officially made the rest of Vietnam a protectorate of France, to which she promised military protection against the Qing dynasty. A large reason why the Vietnamese signed off on this was because of another event that occurred in 1873, known as the Garnier affair. In 1873 the French explorer Jean Dupuis traveled up the Red River to attempt trade with Yunnan province, specifically to sell guns to its governor. While that sounds bad, Dupuis also performed the heinous crime of carrying salt up the river. Yes it turns out this was strictly prohibited by the Nguyen empire. A dispute emerged and Dupuis found himself stuck in a district of Hanoi alongside 90 of his Chinese hired mercenaries. The Vietnamese feared french reprisals, thus instead of using force to get rid of them they issued a complaint to the French admiral Marie Jules Dupre who was acting governor of Cochinchina. Dupre seemed to think he had something to gain from the situation, so he sent an expedition led by Lt Francis Garnir to Hanoi to solve the mater. Garnier took the ships D'estree and Fleurus alongside 83 men. Another 60 men would join them 2 weeks later aboard the Decres. The D'estree arrived at Tonkin on October 23rd , while Garnier and his men traveled to Hanoi using local junks. On November 5th Granier's party arrived and met with Dupuis. Despite being told to tell Dupuis to simply leave, Dupuis managed to convince Garnier he had been greatly mistreated by forces led by Marshal Nguyen Tri Phuong. Garnier then tried to negotiate with the local Nguyen authorities, but they would not budge on anything, so Garnier decided for military action. When the second part of his expeditionary forces arrived on, plus some additional units he requested, a total of 180 men, he decided to use them to capture Hanoi. Garnier wrote a letter and sent it back to Admiral Dupre using the D'estree to justify his actions. Garnier took the 2 gunboats he had left, the Scorpion and Espingole and anchored them roughly 1200 meters away from the walls of Hanoi, in the perfect position to fire upon her citadel, but being out of range of the Vietnamese cannons.  On the morning of October 20th, Lt Garnier took a large portion of his forces towards the south eastern gate of Hanoi. Once they were in position they began to fire upon its thick door. The Vietnamese defenders atop the walls attempted to fire down upon the enemy with their cannons, but they were placed “en barbette” instead of inside embrasures, basically they were aimed to hit ships out in the water and could not properly aim downwards. The cannons failed to hit the french, while the French returned fire using Chassepot rifles. The defenders then tried to use older style riles, and as a french eye witness noted began throwing nails on the floor, which he assumed was to try and stop them from walking closer to the wall. Regardless the nails did not work. Once the gate had been demolished the defenders began to rout and the French quickly seized the south western entrance to the city.  Meanwhile the two gunboats bombarded the northern and western gates and Garnier led another party to use land artillery to hit the south eastern gate. Garnier entered through a breach and this began a general rout for the enemy. Meanwhile Dupuis and 30 of his mercenaries including a former EVA member named Georges Vlavianos held the eastern gate to make sure the enemy did not escape there. During the chaos the French who came across Dupuis force assumed the chinese mercenaries were Vietnamese defenders and began to fire upon them causing some casualties until Dupuis stopped them. In the end Garnier took the city with a force of around 200 men, a city with a population of 80,000. Marshal Tri Phuong was captured alongside 2000 of his soldiers. On November 23rd, Garnier dispatched the Espingole from Hanoi to go obtain the submission of Nguyen officials at the fortified cities of Hung Yen and Phu-ly. The next day the small force aboard the Espingole arrived to Hung Yen and they met with some Nguyen officials. The officials promised the europeans they would capitulate as quote ‘you have managed to capture the great citadel of Hanoi. We will not have the audacity to attempt defending this one against you”. The Governor officially submitted, so the Espingole left Hung Yen and proceeded for Phu Ly. It was only a 3 hours journey. This time the French found the doors closed to them, with a few defenders offering fight. The French force began firing at those they saw and this caused the defenders to flee. The French entered Phu Ly finding some cannons, a few low quality rifles and a lot of rice and local currency. They waited a week holding the city and on December 1st a Vietnamese man named Le Van Ba, whom Garnier had appointed to be in charge of Phu Ly arrived with a small militia force. The French force greeted them, handing over some weapons to help them garrison the city and then proceeded to take the Espingole to Hai Duong. Hai Duong held strong fortifications, outfitted with a large number of cannons, including some more modern european ones and was defended by roughly 2000 men. The French delegation was met by the governor of Hai Duong, Dang Xuan Bang who politely had tea with them. The French demanded he come aboard their ship to officially begin handing over the city. He politely refused to go aboard their ship, so a French officer threatened him stating “we will capture Hai Duong like we captured Hanoi”. The governor politely refused their demands again, notably being charming and polite the entire time. The French went back to the Espingole, carrying some gifts the governor gave them. The last thing they told the governor was if he did not come over to their boat by 3pm, the city would be considered an enemy. 3pm went by without any sight of the governor, so the Espingole began to open fire on the citadel firing 10 shells to devastating effect. The French then ceased their fire hoping the damage to the citadel would entice the governor to surrender. The next day a junk came to the Espingole and aboard was an official, but not the governor himself. The French demanded the governor come himself or they would continue their attack. Well the governor did not show up so at 8:30 at night the Espingole made its way to fire on the nearest fort. The fort returned fire, but its cannons fire right over the Espingole's mast. The French sent 15 marines and 12 sailors aboard two sampans to assault the fort. Once they got within 50 meters of the fort they began firing their rifles which routed the forts defenders. They seized the fort with ease which was 600 meters from the cities citadel. From the fort they began to fire upon the Vietnamese soldiers. Eventually they began a march towards the citadel's main gate, but it had a moat. From atop its walls the Vietnamese were firing cannons, but the French simply waited for the cannons to fire and bolted towards the gate while they were reloading. The French had brought not artillery nor scaling ladders and were forced to run around the citadels walls looking or a weak spot to breach which they did find on its southern end. By 10:15am the French got inside the citadel and hoisted the french flag from its highest tower. They captured a few hundred vietnamese soldiers, but countless got away, including the governor. During this mess, the Espingole party was informed the governor of Ninh Binh and some Hanoi officials who had run away during the battle were organizing forces to oppose the French. The Espingole received 400 reinforcements who had been sent to help garrison their recent earnings. The Espingole commander sent word to Garnier about the Vietnamese building up a force to face them, prompting Garnier to send a force to subdue Ninh Binh. Garnier dispatched Aspirant Hautefeuille with a squad for the task and enroute he found out the Vietnamese were building large dams in the riverways to thwart their movements. Hautefeuilles force tore down the first dam operation they found only to find out another one was being built closer to Ninh Binh. They made their way to Ninh Binh and Hautefeuille got aboard a canoe with some sailors to parley at its citadel. When they landed they were swarmed by local civilians trying to give them gifts of oxen. As soon as the French reached the citadels gate they were swarmed by Vietnamese troops who proded them with spears trying to entice a battle. Hautefeuille noticed not to far away was the provincial governor, one Nguyen Vu, he recognized him because he had four parasols. Hautefeuille raised his pistol and screamed at the governor to submit to Garnier. The governor replied he would submit whole-heartedly. So Hautefeuille went over to him with a paper and pen demanding he write down his submission officially and allow him to escort the governor into the citadel, but to this the governor rejected. Apparently Hautefeuille grabbed the governor by his collar, but his gun to the mans head and threatened to kill him. A tense standoff occurred until the governor gave in and soon the french flag was raised over the citadel. For this achievement Hautefeuille would be appointed governor of the province by Garnier later in early December. Throughout early december Garniers garrisons were attacked by Vietnamese guerilla forces and hire Black Flag mercenaries. I had mentioned them once before, but to explain who exactly they are, they were the remnants of a bandit group that had ventured into northern vietnam from Guangxi province. Basically they were products of the Taiping Rebellion and when the Qing cracked down, they took up their shop and left for Vietnam. Nguyen officials loved to hire them to fight the French as they had experience fighting westerners. Garnier ended up visited some of the garrisons having issues with attacks, offering reinforcements and instructions on how to hold onto their cities. On December 18th, Garnier was back in Hanoi, receiving reports the Black Flags were becoming a real problem for its defenses. Garnier was just about to plan a assault of Son Tay where it was alleged the Black Flag's were operating, when a Nguyen envoy party showed up proclaiming a truce. Garnier began negotiations with the party, when on December 21st suddenly 2000 Vietnamese soldiers led by Hoang Ke Viem and 600 Black Flags approached Hanoi. The Black flags attacked Hanoi's citadel while the Vietnamese forces held back a further km away. The French lookouts saw an elephant amongst their force, which indicated the presence of a high Nguyen official. Garnier distributed his men around the walls while his men used their French cannons upon the Black Flag's, refusing to use the outdated Vietnamese swivel cannons. The French cannons began to cause a panic amongst the vietnamese army which quickly turned into a rout, while the Black Flag forces made an orderly retreat. Garnier was not satisfied with this, knowing full well they would attack again, so he decided to send a decisive blow against the Black Flags. Garnier sent Ensign Balny D'Avricourt with a squad of 12 men to hit the enemies left flank while he took 18 men to hit the village of Thu Le, around 1.2 kms southwest of the citadel where it looked like the Black Flag's were holding up. The two French forces went their separate paths and met up to bombard Thu Le. Garniers force saw the Black Flag force withdrawing and pursued them only to run into a swamp. Their cannon got stuck, but Garnier simply yelled “A la baionnette, en avant!”. Garnier charged through the swamp as his men tried to keep up with him. They were suddenly met with a volley from the Black Flag who had lured them in, killing a few of the French. Garnier unhit, kept charging with his handgun, but tripped and fell. Upon seeing this the Black flag forces rushed forward and stabbed Garnier multiple times with spears and swords while firing at his comrades. The French retreated back to the citadel losing more men, as the Nguyen forces took Garniers head and some others back to Son Tay.  Despite losing their leader, the French held onto the garrisons, sending word of his death and receiving word a new French envoy would be sent. At this point French authorities had found out about the Garnier expedition and were quite embarrassed by the entire thing. Actually they had found out a bit early in late november, prompting Lt Paul-Louis-Felix-Philastre to relieve Garnier and send a scathing letter to him that he never got a chance to read “Have you thought about the shame that will befall upon you when it will be known that, having been sent to expel some ruffian, you allied yourself with him to attack people who hadn't caused you any harm?” Lt Philastre arrived in Haiphong to meet with Nguyen officials to end the unsanctioned campaign. On December 29th, Philastre went to Hai Duong where he ordered the garrisons to be evacuated, where the local french forces tried to persuade him otherwise. Philastre then went to Hanoi to speak to more Nguyen officials about his orders for the French to leave the cities they stole. This led to the 1874 signing of the new treaty of Saigon where the French gave back the stolen cities, thus concluded what was in essence a short undeclared war. So Garnier had been sent to simply tell a guy caught smuggling to leave an area in Vietnam, only to begin a war stealing a bunch of major cities. The French government was deeply embarrassed by the ordeal, disavowing Garnier for his actions, but because of how incredible his accomplishments were, many in France saw him heroic. Yes he was romanticized, much like the conquistador Francisco Pizarro or Hernan Cortez, absolute psychopaths that they were.  So while you think, boy oh boy France sure loves to send people on expeditions that results in them stealing territory…well France was nowhere near done with this recurring activity.  In 1881 the French naval officer Henri Riviere was sent with a small military force to Hanoi to investigate Nguyen complaints involving French merchants. As you can already guess by now, Henri acted in defiance of orders placed upon him. As he would later argue, based on the fact the Nguyen dynasty was not respecting the Treaty of Saigon, still having a tributary relation with China, was paying the Black Flags to attack French in southeast asia and not complying with trade regulations, Henri took a force of 2 gunboats and some forces straight to the citadel of Hanoi and stormed it. When he showed up to Hanoi he told the Nguyen officials he was simply leading his forces to stamp out Black Flag soldiers in the area, but instead immediately set to work stationing his forces within the citadel. The governor, Hoang Dieu was given an ultimatum to have his forces stand down, but instead Hoang Dieu sent a letter of apology to his emperor and killed himself. It was yet again another embarrassment for France who handed Hanoi back over to the Nguyen officials, but Henri was not done yet. In the meantime, Henri's actions pushed the Nguyen Empire to seek aid from the Qing dynasty and Black Flag army. The Qing seeking to help their Vietnamese allies, but not at the cost of incurring the wrath of France again said they would aid them via the Black Flag's. In the summer of 1882 Chinese forces from Yunnan and Guangxi crossed the border into Tonkin, beginning to covertly occupy Hung Hoa, Bac Ninh, Lang Son and other cities. The French and Qing saw the paint on the wall, despite the covert activity leading Li Hongzhang and a French envoy to try and work out a deal where they would divide Tonkin into French and Qing controlled spheres of influence, but the deal never came to be. Thus both sides gradually increased their power in the region and in February of 1883, France sent a 500 man battalion of marines led by Lt Colonel Carreau to Hanoi who would be at the disposal of Henri Riviere. On the other side the Nguyen officials received aid from the warlord and leader of the Black Flag Army, Liu Yongfu. Liu Yongfu came from Guangxi and joined a local militia during the Taiping Rebellion, some claim this militia also fought for the Taiping. When the Taiping Rebellion came to a close, Liu Yongfu's prospects looked dire so he took his forces southwest, until they were finally pushed to cross the border into northern Tonkin. Liu Yongfu then established a camp outside Son Tay where he formed the “Heiqi Jun / black flag army” based on his dream of becoming “general of the black tiger”. Though seen initially as an invader, the Vietnamese officials also were surprised at how proficient the Black Flag army was and reasoned it would be difficult to dislodge them. They reasoned if the Black Flag army could be hired to fight their enemies that served them just fine. When the Black Flag's killed Garnier that certainly earned them praise from the Vietnamese who would increasingly call upon them. Henri Riviere upon receiving the new forces was instructed specifically that they were not to venture past the French occupied parts of Tonkin. So Henri did the opposite of that, because French. He had learnt in early march of 1883, the Nguyen government was planning to lease some coal mines in Hon Gai to the Qing dynasty, but this proved to be a front for the British ironically enough. If the British were to gain this it would spell the end of French colonial expansion in Tonkin, this Riviere could have none of that. Riviere ordered Commandant Berthe de Villers to take 50 marines aboard the Parseval to take Hon Gai, and they did just that meeting zero resistance. As Riviere put it in a letter to the governor of Cochinchina, Charles Thomson “"I have taken possession of the entire mining district. We have always coveted it, but have always hesitated to act. This will force them to take forward their Tonkin Question!"” Now Riviere did not stop there, he received word that Liu Yongfu was preparing to attack Hanoi with an army of 5000 Black Flag troops. Over in Nam Dinh, their citadel had been warned by their governor of the incoming battle, prompting Riviere to act first. In Riviere's words "As this indecisive government has been imprudent enough to send me 500 men. I have decided to use them to do what it did not decide I should do." Riviere elected to strike at Nam Dinh, similar to how Garnier did in 1873. Nam Dinh was defended by around 6000 Nguyen soldiers and 500 Chinese led covertly by the Black Flag officer Vinh Thong Chat. These chinese soldiers wore the Black Flag Army uniforms, but in reality were Qing troops. French reconnaissance indicated around 8000 men defended Nam Dinh, regardless Riviere decided to go forward and attack the city with 520 men. They traveled the red river using 6 gunboats, reaching the Nam Dinh by march 25th. They quickly went to work seizing the naval barracks which were unoccupied. They also cleared fields of huts to set up firing lanes for their gunboats and set up artillery pieces. The next morning the bombardment began as Riviere simultaneously summoned the governor of Nam Dinh, Vu Trong Binh to come to his ship Pluvier to submit the citadel before 8am. Governor Vu Trong Binh was able to reject this before 8am. Nam Binh had 15 feet thick walls, unscalable and pretty much impossible to breach vie cannons, thus Riviere decided to force an entrance into the city by destroying one of its main gates with explosives.  While his gunboats and artillery smashed the Vietnamese cannons along the walls, on March 27th his marines went ashore carrying dynamite blowing a gate up. The French then charged the citadel under heavy fire with Riviere at the front urging them on. The Vietnamese soldiers were overwhelmed by the superior firepower and by the afternoon the city fell as the governor fled. Riviere jubilantly stated “This will force them to take forward their Tonkin Question!'” Now Riviere expected to be punished for his renegade actions, but he lucked out enormous, for back home in France there was a change of government. The new administration led by Jules Ferry strongly supported colonial expansion and backed Riviere up from the offset. The new government followed this up by sending word to Li Hongzhang that Tonkin was going to be under French protection and to back off immediately. The Nguyen officials now were in quite a plight without their Qing defenders and wholeheartedly tossed their lot in with Liu Yongfu and the Black Flags. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Francis Garnier died in a blaze of glory or insanity and now it seemed he had a successor found 10 years later in Henry Riviere. Would southeast Asia be able to thwart off the colonizing efforts of France or fall like domino pieces?   

Ninh Binh stands out in more ways than one if you set your compass to the north of Vietnam. Located 60 miles south of Hanoi lies this magical, almost mystical province featuring mountainous peaks and a labrynth of waterways inviting you to explore its many viewpoints. Sharp limestone peaks, shoot up from the ground reminiscent of what you might see doing the same thing out of water, in Halong bay. Which explains why they often refer to it as the Ha Long Bay on land. It is by all accounts Halong Bay's mystical rival.My guest, Jack Taylor joins me on the show. His talents lie in the skilful way he has captured the essence of the region in his videos. Jack, an English teacher by profession has been travelling and living abroad for most of his adult life. Spain for 3 years, China for 4, and now Thailand for 4 years has meant Jack has had a front row seat to some of SE Asia's treasures. Don't forget to check out his You Tube channel “I go cool places”. As you will see in Jack's video of Ninh Binh the outstanding beauty and serenity are breathtaking. Add to that a National park featuring a staggering amount of wildlife, and many pagodas including one of the biggest being the Bai Dinh Pagoda. You can easily get a sense of why some people think it has more to offer than Halong Bay. It is important to note that the Bai Dinh pagoda is considered a masterpiece of both nature and heritage, and it is the pride of Vietnamese people in terms of its quintessential architecture, culture and historical value. And, it's NOT the major drawcard for the area. Jack does a great job in giving us some handy tips for staying in the region, what are the best times to visit and some of “The Must Do” things. I hope you enjoy the show and will surely investigate this region as a place of surreal beauty, almost lost in time, close to Hanoi. Check out his Video on his stay in Ninh Binh HERE.Follow his work here - Linkedin Youtube Instagram I wanted to wrap up the year of 2022 and go out with a bang, and I couldn't think of a better way to do it.This is the last show for the year. I close the year on a truly happy note with the achievement of over 72 shows, and the release of my ebook called – Book, Pack & Stay - A travel Guide to Vietnam.  If you are looking for some guidance to help you make smart choices in regard to how you best book; pack for all conditions; and make the most of your stay in Vietnam, then this is the book for you. As a companion short read guide; Its uniqueness is in its interactivity with links to Videos, Podcasts, Blogs, Apps, travel accessories and websites to apply for your Visa and get extra information. It's all there and makes the ideal gift for Christmas. Available through Amazon HERE.Wishing everyone a happy Christmas and safe and prosperous New Year. See you in 2023. Time Stamps:-8.14     How best to describe Ninh Binh9.45     How long should you stay11.19   Must do things15.16   The cave system18.00   Foods unique to the region19.57   How to spend your time wisely20.10   Stand out experience21.27   Best accommodation experience  Please reach out and give us your feedback.Let me design your customised tour of Vietnam.Search your subject. Sign up for the newsletter. Read our blogsListen for FREE. https://www.whataboutvietnam.com/

Welcome to the 15th episode of this Friday Series and this week I give some reaction to Paige's episode, Maliha's episode, Ninh Binh, Brunei and some female solo tips. Hopefully these tips for Vietnam and Brunei will inspire you travel there and check those countries out. Enjoy, be inspired! JamesMY NEW PODCAST/YOUTUBE CHANNEL - The Trendy Coffee PodcastPlease follow and subscribe below.YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgB8CA0tAk3ILcqEZ39a33gPodcast Links - https://linktr.ee/thetrendycoffeepodcastWinging It Travel PodcastMy Patreon Page - https://www.patreon.com/wingingittravelpodcast SIGN UP TODAYWhat is on offer?1. One bonus episode every month2. Ad-free content3. Early access to episodes (24 hours)4. Exclusive added feature on every episode5. Patron shout-out6. Ad hoc bonus episodes7. Receive my Digital Travel Planner8. Receive my monthly magazine for the podcastPrice£4/$7.50 (CAD)/$6 USD per monthMERCHANDISE STORE - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/winging-it-travel-podcast?ref_id=25823Want some insurance whilst travelling and/or working remotely? Book below using SafetyWing.https://safetywing.com?referenceID=wingingittravelpodcast&utm_source=wingingittravelpodcast&utm_medium=AmbassadorBook Flights With Expediahttps://prf.hn/click/camref:1100lqfY7/creativeref:1100l68075/destination:https://www.expedia.com/Flights?siteid=1&langid=1033Contact me - jameshammondtravel@gmail.com or message on my social media on the links below.Follow me on:YouTube - Winging It Travel Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC173L0udkGL15RSkO3vIx5AInstagram - wingingittravelpodcast - https://www.instagram.com/wingingittravelpodcast/ jameshammondtravel - https://www.instagram.com/jameshammondtravel/TikTok - wingingittravelpodcast - https://www.tiktok.com/@wingingittravelpodcastFacebook - Winging It Travel Podcast - https://www.facebook.com/jameshammondtravelTwitter - https://twitter.com/PodcastWingingReview - please head to Podchaser and leave a review for this podcast - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/winging-it-travel-podcast-1592244 or alternately you can leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts! Support the podcast - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wingingitEtsy StoreBuy my Digital Travel Planner - https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1220056512/digital-travel-planner?click_key=c580edd56767d7b03612dfae3b122f32e15fe1ec%3A1220056512&click_sum=80ff0159&ref=shop_home_recs_2Stickers - https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1216492546/winging-it-travel-podcast-stickers?click_key=ed1139c660585f268a8192aa8c136a5915118968%3A1216492546&click_sum=b8a8a048&ref=shop_home_recs_1&frs=1 Thanks for your support, James!

With cool air and peaceful and romantic scenery, Nho Quan pine hill in Ninh Binh is like a “little Da Lat” hidden in the middle of the ancient capital. A very “lovely” place to visit, camp and check in. Where is Nho Quan Pine Hill? Ninh Binh is known as one of the top famous tourist destinations […]. View detail https://vietnamese.quest/going-through-the-forest-to-the-nho-quan-pine-hill-in-ninh-binh-miniature-da-lat-super-romantic-check-in/

How to take a Hanoi to Ninh Binh day trip Ninh Binh day tours Self-travel to Ninh Binh Getting from Ninh Binh to Hanoi by bus How to get around Ninh Binh Best to visit during a Ninh Binh day trip Morning – cruise the waters at Tam Coc Explore Bich Dong Pagoda Climb to.... View detail https://vietnamese.top/hanoi-to-ninh-binh-day-trip-1-3-days-itinerary-s316726-html/

How long to spend How to get around Northern Vietnam NORTH VIETNAM ITINERARY FOR 1 WEEK Days 1-2 – Hanoi Day 3 – Hanoi to Ninh Binh day trip Day 4-5 – Ha Long Bay Day 6-7 – Sapa NORTH VIETNAM ITINERARY FOR 10 DAYS Days 1-3 – Hanoi Day 4 – Ninh Binh Day.... View detail https://vietnamese.top/north-vietnam-itinerary-1-2-weeks-in-hanoi-sapa-ha-long-s316739-html/

Goodbye Thailand, hello Vietnam! This week we are diving into the hustle and bustle of Hanoi, before cruising through the natural beauty of Cat Ba and Ninh Binh. Join us for an episode full of bicycle rides, hidden cafes, and mildly annoyed goats...

Tourist icons and famous landmarks such as Ninh Binh, Ha Long Bay, Hue, and Khue Van Cac… are printed in the new passport to promote the image of Vietnam. The new ordinary passport form will be applied from July 1. Accordingly, the green cover is changed to blue-violet. The procedures for issuance and exchange remain the same […]. View detail https://vietnamese.quest/famous-landmarks-appear-in-new-passports/

Công ty CP Đá Mỹ Nghệ Ninh Bình NBSTONE chuyên thiết kế, thi công lăng mộ đá, khu lăng mộ đá đẹp tự nhiên và phong thủy. Lăng bằng đá tại NBStone được làm từ đá tự nhiên nguyên khối, cụ thể là đá xanh, đá trắng hoặc đá hoa cương. Với hơn 1000 mẫu lăng mộ đá đẹp và hàng trăm dự án đã hoàn thành. Chúng tôi  tự hào là đơn vị thi công lắp đặt, sản xuất lăng mộ đá uy tín nhất. Xem chi tiết báo giá xây lăng mộ đá tại https://ninhbinhstone.com.vn/lang-mo-da

With more than a billion dong, Trung Hieu designed a car with a bed, a kitchen, a TV… to accompany his wife, one-and-a-half year old son and pets across Vietnam. The family of Mr. Trung Hieu, 37 years old, from Ho Chi Minh City has just arrived in Ninh Binh on the 9th day of […]. View detail https://vietnamese.quest/bringing-pets-across-vietnam-by-mobile-home/

Chuyến du lịch một mình đầu tiên (My first trip by myself) Hi friends, It's Thuỳ. Today, I've got a special episode for you: I'm going to share with you a little bit about myself, which will be a first for me on this podcast. This is the true story of my very first solo trip to Ninh Binh, one of the most beautiful places in Vietnam. Level: Elementary Download FREE transcripts: https://www.go-vietnamese.com/transcript Support us: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/govietnamese

Chuyến du lịch một mình đầu tiên (My first trip by myself) Hi friends, It's Thuỳ. Today, I've got a special episode for you: I'm going to share with you a little bit about myself, which will be a first for me on this podcast. This is the true story of my very first solo trip to Ninh Binh, one of the most beautiful places in Vietnam. Level: Elementary Download FREE transcripts: https://www.go-vietnamese.com/transcript Support us: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/govietnamese

“You can climb the hills around the river with spectacular views, storks flying in formation underneath. There’s also a series of pagoda temples embedded in the hills nearby.” www.fairly.media

En este nuevo capítulo del podcast Hola Mundo, hablaremos de Vietnam y contaremos con la “segunda opinión” de Leti de mochileandoporelmundo.com.Esto es lo que vas a encontrar en este programa…- Por qué queríamos ir a Vietnam- Cómo imaginábamos que iba a ser nuestro Vietnam- Cuándo, cómo y qué ruta hicimos.- Palabras by Chapka- Qué nos encontramos en Vietnam- Viajando con los sentidos: mapa sonoro, cromoviajismo, a qué sabe y huele Vietnam.- Qué recuerdo y sensación tenemos, ¿volveríamos? - La segunda opinión: Leti de mochileandoporelmundo.com / @mochileandoporelmundoGracias a Chapka Assurances https://www.chapkadirect.es/?app=cd_aqr que nos apoya en esta nueva aventura y que además, te ofrecen un 7% de descuento con el código MUNDO al contratar tu seguro con ellos. Esto fue lo que escribimos de Vietnam en su momento:- Delta del Mekong: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/mekong/- Ho Chi Minh o Saigón: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/ho-chi-minh-o-saigon/- Dónde comer y dormir en Vietnam: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/donde-vietnam/- Túneles de Cu Chi y Cao Dai: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/tuneles-de-cu-chi-y-cao-dai/- Excéntrica Dalat: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/excentrica-dalat/- Nha Trang: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/nha-trang/- Hoi An: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/hoi-an/- Hué: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/hue/- Ninh Binh: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/ninh-binh/- Halong Bay: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/halong-bay/- Sapa: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/sapa/- Hanoi: https://algoquerecordar.com/destinos/asia/vietnam/viajes-las-ultimas-vacaciones-vietnam-ha-noi/Por aquí te dejamos los vpodcast anteriores de la temporada 2 de Hola Mundo: - Tailandia con Tamara de mochiadictos.com: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufh6TZyinf0- Australia con Herman Zapp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TsvKrPs1sg&t=1s- Costa Oeste con Belén de Aló Miami: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fS6v7reGjE&t=19s- India con Iosu López de mochilerostv.com: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBMoqCJ-53w- Japón con Flapy, un español en Japón: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajLX6iZpIXI- Egipto con Carla Llamas de lamaletadecarla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqMrSvW9zn4- Cuba con Charly Sinewan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu0j66n7kKM- Sudáfrica con Paco Nadal de 1000sitiosquever.com : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5L7IwxuPKw- Madivas con Sara de Mindfultravelbysara.com : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COVB4OpZT-I- Islandia con Vanessa de viajeroscallejeros.com : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DsYdnt4aLgSi te interesa, puedes ver la primera temporada completa en: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpFNz2S2UB5yh5MOOq4UlA9BHnRI1W1Y2Quizás también te pueda interesar ver alguno de nuestros cortometrajes o documentales viajeros: - El síndrome del eterno viajero I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dKGcg_jBhw - El síndrome del eterno viajero II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq5uQCFrNGw&t=4s - Hola, Mundo (el documental): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGSLv0PjgF0&t=1164s - Anoniman, detrás de los carteles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjTnlejAgcI&t=52s Si te está gustando esto de escucharnos y vernos haciendo podcast, comparte y dale al boca a boca. No te quedes con las ganas y suscríbete en tu plataforma favorita: apple podcast, ivoox, spotify, castbox o google podcast. Y si eres muy de YouTube porque además quieres "verlo", suscríbete a nuestro canal. Tenemos muchas cositas para ver. Puedes seguirnos en nuestro blog algoquerecordar.com o en todas las redes con @algoqrecordar Por si te ha llegado el rumor de que hemos escrito dos libros. Sí, es cierto. Son “Algo que recordar viajando con mochila" y "Algo que recordar viajando con bebé" y los puedes conseguir en: https://algoquerecordar.com/posts-destacados/siete-anos-en-dos-libros/ ¡Hasta el próximo capítulo!lucy&rubén

Kim Son village in Ninh Binh province is famous for its tradition of sedge growing and weaving. The villagers grow fields of sedge on mudflats between dykes and the sea and use the sedge to craft products that are popular in Vietnam and abroad. Photo: Mats are the most famous of all sedge products of Kim Son. https://vovworld.vn/en-US/discovery-vietnam/kim-sons-century-old-sedge-weaving-craft-893974.vov --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/v5vietnam/support

Lianne and Corey go over their time in North Vietnam. Talking about the coffee culture of Hanoi, the motorbiking adventures in the far north mountains and one far out waterfall, this episode is a detailed guide to our time in North Vietnam. We take you from there to the amazing karst topography of Ninh Binh and the shopping mecca and chilled out beaches of Hoi An. DON"T USE THIS BUS COMPANY! For the Ha Giang loop stay here.https://smallworldspodcast.com/https://www.instagram.com/smallworlds… #smallworldspodhttps://www.facebook.com/smallworldspodcast/https://twitter.com/smallworldspodYouTubeSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/smallworlds)

Video z Vietnamu: frantisekszabo.cz/vietnam-2019-video 1. – 8. den – Ho Či Minovo město, Cu Chi, Can Tho: frantisekszabo.cz/vietnam-1-8-den-…-ci-minovo-mesto 9. – 14. den – Ninh Binh, Mai Chau: frantisekszabo.cz/vietnam-9-14-den…nh-binh-mai-chau 15. – 22.den – Hanoj, Cat Ba, Sapa: frantisekszabo.cz/vietnam-15-22-de…anoj-cat-ba-sapa Sledujte mě na Instagramu: www.instagram.com/frantisekszabo.cz/

We get asked the question all of the time ‘what was our favorite place we visited?’ In this episode, I talk through my top list and where I would go in 2020 if I was starting all over. Hear about why I love Vietnam, New Zealand, India, Bali, Portugal, Poland, Japan, and Chile. I get into the details about how each is different and why you should consider them in 2020. Main Topics Covered: Top 2020 List Links Mentioned in the Episode: Check out all of the details at POLICE: Brotherhood in Uniform Around the World Season 2 of World Barber Shop Adventures on Amazon Prime Check out the list of recommended books for 2020 from my high-performing peers.  Check out the two-part series on New Zealand (South Island)  And New Zealand’s North Island (Road Trip Tips)  Understand our point of view on Vietnam Travel  Da Nang, Vietnam (Trip of a Lifetime) is one of our favorite locations in the world  India is Incredible (2 Months Traveling 7+ Cities) We saw many parts of Vietnam with a Friend (Da Nang, Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Quy Nhon) The beauty of Phu Quoc (Fantasy Island of Vietnam) Hard to top the Beautiful Bali, Indonesia (4 Weeks in Travel Paradise) We loved our time in Japan Travel Part 1 (Our First 3 Weeks) Japan Travel Part 2 (Sumo Wrestling, Geisha, and the Countryside) A great option is Chile Travel – Santiago, Valparaiso, San Pedro de Atacama (& Other Beauty) Historical Poland (Warsaw, Krakow, Auschwitz) is a great trip  One of the favorites and a planned trip to go back - Lisbon, Portugal Sign up for our Newsletter to get the latest tips in Travel and hear about our weekly visits around the world.

In dieser Folge teile ich mit euch meine Highlights aus der Region um Ninh Bình und erzähle über die Nacht im Nachtzug.

Dans cet épisode, je te raconte mon voyage au Vietnam, qui a été très différent de mon expérience précédente en Chine. Je suis passée par Sapa, Hanoi, Cat Ba, Ninh Binh, Hoi An et Hô Chi Minh, j'ai participé à un super atelier de sculpture de pierre et j'ai fêté mon 25ème anniversaire. Bonne écoute ♥ ✨ CADEAU Tu as prévu de réserver un hôtel prochainement ? 10% remboursés sur ton séjour si tu passes par ce lien : https://www.booking.com/s/32_8/87613e35 ✨ RETROUVE-MOI AUSSI SUR Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/juliepoulainpro Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/juliepoulainpro Snapchat - https://www.snapchat.com/add/juliepoulainpro YouTube - https://bit.ly/JuliePoulainYoutube

This week on 6PI, we welcome one of our most highly sought after guests Phi Long to the show! Mitch and Long take time out of their busy and lazy lives to review their recent trips to Ninh Binh and Ha Long Bay, discuss the beautiful scenery of the area, get a history lesson of Chinese/Vietnamese dynasties from Long, and we go over some of our MUST DO things in both cities. Also, know-it-all boat guides, the never-ending airplane ride, crappy hotel food, and Long’s hatred of climbing steps. Plus, financial death by Hot Pot, the quickest tourists girls ever?, underhanded environmentalists, and Mitch is a raisin in the sun.  Go follow Phi Long on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_philong98/

The weather can play a huge part in how well your vacation goes. The weather is not predictable, but some have more skills than others. Today we talk with one of those professionals that truly understand the weather, Todd Klaassen. Todd is a meteorologist with over 15 years of experience and has earned the CBM (certified broadcast meteorologist) seal from the American Meteorological. Beyond his profession, Todd is also an avid traveler, most recently visiting Iceland, Australia, Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand. We get into details about his experiences on the road, advice for planning your trips around travel, his favorite weather app, and a crazy story when his lips touched an amputated toe. This was a fun and entertaining interview on this week’s Passport Joy Travel Talk Podcast. Main Topics Covered: Todd Klaassen Interview Links Mentioned in the Episode: News bio for Todd Klaassen on RTV6 Todd’s Public Profile on Facebook where he shares tips and advice on the weather.  Todd’s Twitter account sharing all of the days' hot topics in weather and beyond.  The Sourtoe Cocktail in Dawson City with the amputated toe We talked about Hanoi and the scooter chaos. Check out the podcast Vietnam with a Friend (Da Nang, Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Quy Nhon).  We met up in Melbourne and shared stories of our experiences in Australia. Check the podcast Melbourne, Australia (Travel to the Great Ocean Road) for more details.  For more advice on Travel Insurance be sure to read the complete guide with details.  Todd Klaassen’s main smartphone app for the weather - RadarScope - that he checks in on.  Check out all of the details at POLICE: Brotherhood in Uniform Around the World Sign up for our Newsletter to get the latest tips in Travel and hear about our weekly visits around the world

Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I host this cool little travel podcast. On today’s episode, I’ll be talking to Steve who’s originally one of the three co-hosts of Thinking Sideways podcast. I still remember an episode I heard featuring a grisly murder in Italy while my wife Mandy and I were driving from Miami’s South Beach all the way down to Key West, in Florida, 3.5 hours later. I was saddened when Thinking Sideways crew had decided to finish making podcasts because it would be too difficult to keep recording episodes as Steve was making his big move to Vietnam. I’m interested in Steve’s journey to Vietnam and that’s why I have him on the podcast today. Just letting you know that at the time of the recording Steve and I had a bad connection, maybe it was the torrential downpour that Vietnam was having as we spoke…. So, sit back and enjoy the conversation I had with Steve.   Timestamps: Intro to the show 1:52 – How did Steve end up in Vietnam and leaving the USA and expats in Vietnam 8:21 – Bugs in the water, food chat 15:18 – Steve’s view on Vietnamese history 16:54 – Hanoi’s French Quarter 18:30 – Vietnam War, American War what’s the difference, Vietnamese don’t care about it… 21:54 – Travelling around Vietnam, Ha Long Bay, Ninh Binh, Mai Chau District, Hue, Da Nang 22:49 – Ninh Binh, looks like Ha Long Bay but isn’t, it’s not in the water 25:36 – Have you been to Chin Moo Pagoda N’hue (Thien Mu Pagoda Hue is what I meant) Perfume River 27:26 – Hoan Kiem Lake looks nice (Hon Key M Lake is how to pronounce it), Hanoi 28:53 – Embracing foreigners in Vietnam and getting a Grab and learning the language 35:21 – Have you heard the expression “Beg Packer”? 37:15 – Steve’s favourite places in Vietnam, Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Cam Ranh, Sa Pa Terraces, Mui Ne and the Mekong Delta 43:00 – Best food and drink to have in Vietnam 45:12 – Vietnam’s beautiful scenery 49:15 – Are you staying permanently in Vietnam? And bringing your cat to Vietnam 54:28 – Thinking Sideways podcast questions that all fans would love to hear 56:37 – Thinking Sideways favourite episodes, Lake City Quiet Pills, Benedict Daniels Cave Diver, and D. B. Cooper, which they never covered I found out… Poor D. B. Cooper… hilarity ensues… Joe wishes he had covered D. B. Cooper 1:04:35 – Mr. Cruel the Beaumont Children, we can’t work it out… I tell a little story about Mr. Cruel, Thinking Sideways did cover Mr. Cruel link below 1:08:30 – Steve’s cool artwork and some other chatter 1:13:22 – The final questions. If you could travel anywhere in the world now, where would you like to be? What would you be eating or drinking? What’s your favourite country and city Outro to the show   Additional Information: Steve’s Twitter: @howstevesees Steve’s Instagram: @howsteveseestheworld Thinking Sideways: http://www.thinkingsidewayspodcast.com/ Touropia Top 25 Tourist Attractions: https://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-vietnam/ Mr. Cruel episode Thinking Sideways: http://www.thinkingsidewayspodcast.com/?s=mr+cruel    Follow Travelman Podcast: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/travelman-podcast/id1281446908 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2bfulkX1dTkOb50MaCm0NN Libsyn: https://travelmanpodcast.libsyn.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benthetravelman/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelmanpodcast/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/TravelmanPod Tune In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Travel/Travelman-Podcast-p1103948/ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ben-dow/travelman-podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3cYw4pCrK3C-Rty3zmw-eQ Travelman Podcast Website: www.travelmanpodcast.com Travelman Podcast email: travelmanpodcast@gmail.com  

Over the last couple of weeks Tamara and Hanna took a brief hiatus from podcasting. Where in the world have they been? In this episode, they catch up discussing Hanna’s most recent travels and adventures throughout the beautiful countryside of Viet Nam. She spent 8 days on the road visiting - Hue, Ho An, Hanoi and Ninh Binh. Tamara has been recovering from a very painful surgery. They talk about the pressure to have the surgery, how she came to terms with it and how she is dealing with the aftermath of being cut into and stuffed with metal rods.

Video z Vietnamu: https://frantisekszabo.cz/vietnam-2019-video 1. – 8. den – Ho Či Minovo město, Cu Chi, Can Tho: https://frantisekszabo.cz/vietnam-1-8-den-ho-ci-minovo-mesto 9. – 14. den – Ninh Binh, Mai Chau: https://frantisekszabo.cz/vietnam-9-14-den-ninh-binh-mai-chau 15. – 22.den – Hanoj, Cat Ba, Sapa: https://frantisekszabo.cz/vietnam-15-22-den-hanoj-cat-ba-sapa Sledujte mě na Instagramu: https://www.instagram.com/frantisekszabo.cz/

We have spent plenty of time during our journey in Southeast Asia. We love everything these countries have to offer travelers. The people, food, scooter lifestyle, gorgeous beaches, and affordability are all part of the reasons why we have stayed 7 months in this region that includes Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. We have still yet to see the beauty of Laos and the Philippines, but that will happen someday soon. In this episode of Passport Joy Travel Talk, we hope to give you a reason to visit these countries and discover why we have enjoyed it so much. Main Topics Covered: Why We Love Southeast Asia People, Food, Scooter, Cost Tech-friendly, Beaches, Belief System Links Mentioned in the Episode: Check out all of the PARTNERS that have made our lives easy while traveling the world.  Part of our love for Southeast Asia was because of our amazing time in Da Nang, Vietnam (Trip of a Lifetime).  If you are looking for a great island trip head to Phu Quoc (Fantasy Island of Vietnam).  World-class treatment can be found in the barber shop in Bali, Indonesia – World Barber Shop Adventures.  The historic ruins and the vibrant cities are waiting to be discovered in Cambodia Travel (Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and Angkor Wat).  There are endless great restaurants and cafes in Beautiful Bali, Indonesia (4 Weeks in Travel Paradise).  Several of our favorite Southeast Asian locations made our Best Travel Spots for 2019 (Places You May NOT Know).  Two places that are close together but worlds apart are Singapore and Kuala Lumpur Travel (2 Kinds of Awesome).  If you are looking for a great time with your older friends, take a Thailand Adult Trip (Bars, Night Markets, & an Island).  Traveling with friends is a lot of fun like when we did Vietnam with a Friend (Da Nang, Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Quy Nhon).  Sign up for our Newsletter to get the latest tips in Travel and hear about our weekly visits around the world

Back in Da Nang where we have fallen in love with the Vietnamese culture and this time to meet a friend from the US. We spent almost two full weeks seeing Da Nang, Hoi An, Quy Nhon, Hanoi, and Ninh Binh. With such a wide variety of locations, it was a truly authentic experience. We sat through the crazy rains that would last for days, partied with locals late into the night, ate local food like goat and eel, and went CRAZY as the Vietnam Football team won the AFF Cup. It was a wild, wet, and exciting time to be in Vietnam and we enjoyed every minute of it. Listen along as we describe our time on our first train trip, a private concert with talented musicians, and climbing way above the rice fields of Ninh Binh for epic photos. Main Topics Covered: Da Nang Quy Nhon Hanoi Ninh Binh Links Mentioned in the Episode: If you want to hear our other podcast on our time in Vietnam please listen to Podcast 11: Vietnam Travel.  We had a blast hanging out with our friend, Darice, from the US for two weeks.  Walking through the Con Market in Da Nang can be pretty eye-opening and wild.  Be sure to download GRAB before heading to Vietnam to cover all of your transportation needs.  We booked our train travel from Da Nang to Quy Nhon through 12Go.Asia - it was easy to navigate and the ride was awesome.  Quy Nhon has a gorgeous beach line and plenty of sand to lay out and enjoy the sun.  Nguyen Nga Center has handmade goods made by local Vietnamese with disabilities (silk scarves, bookmarks, clothing, etc.). We had a private concert where the locals played the seether, moon guitar, drums, and guitar for us while we sipped on tea.  In Hanoi, we loved our stay in the Old Quarter at Hanoi Elite Hotel. It’s an 11-room boutique hotel located on a side street right off of the famous BEER street.  Staying in or near the Old Quarter is a must. You will get the most out of your experience if you stay near this part of the city. The Vietnam Football excitement was electric. We were in the heart of the Old Quarter for the final game of the AFF Suzuki Cup and walked around to capture the celebration afterward. It was nuts!  Schedule a tour to see Ninh Binh and all it has to offer. Epic views, great hikes, canoe trips, and bicycle rides. It was all wonderful to experience.  An easy way to support us is by checking out our Amazon Store. We list all of the items we love there.  Foundation Training - The most important exercises for your back while you travel!  ExpressVPN - protect your information when you travel and connect to see your content that you are paying for Sign up for our Newsletter to get the latest tips in Travel and hear about our weekly visits around the world

41e épisode : Le poète de la grotte Nous finissons notre périple asiatique à Ninh Binh au Vietnam, la “baie d’Halong terrestre”… Un poète local nous a mené à travers...