I hope you enjoy my Vietnam travel blog (even if you aren’t diabetic!) I offer tips for diabetic travel which can be valuable for people without diabetes as well. Safe and healthy travel is great for all of us!
We visited Vietnam in Dec 2017 as a part of our 65-day Southeast Asia Odyssey. We began in Ho Chi Minh City and made our way northeast on a private cruise on the Mekong River with “Mekong Eyes”. The boat stopped at Cai Be and Chau Doc, and ultimately we reached Cambodia by speedboat.
Then, because we loved it so much, and were so sorry to have missed the mountains of the north, in 2023 we included Hanoi and several nearby locations in our ‘Round-the-World’ trip. We stayed in Hanoi and Ninh Binh, and took a short cruise on Halong Bay.
Oh, but I want to return and go south to Huë, Da Nang and Hoi An. The monsoon season was in full swing for that region in October in 2023, so we skipped on by to Seoul, South Korea. But I researched them and really, really want to go there.
Vaccines before you leave – I always check out the CDC for my destination country or countries. Here’s the link for the CDC Vietnam travel page. Of all the vaccines recommended, the typhoid vaccine is the one my healthcare plan considers non-routine, and I had to pay for it.
Welcome to my Vietnam Travel Blog. We visited southern Vietnam as part of our quasi-independent 65-day Southeast Asia Odyssey. We flew into Ho Chi Minh City from Yangon, Myanmar on December 7 on Vietnam Airways. We stayed several days in Ho Chi Minh City, then took a private small-boat trip
After the tropical storm disrupted our plans, we finally made it to Halong Bay. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the bright clear skies that often follows a storm; we got more overcast. Our views were not stellar, but we got some interesting night-time pictures of the other boats, and as you
When I wonder what to do in a foreign city, I always check out the offered Day Trips. What may be a day trip to one person is probably another night or several nights’ excursion to us. And so it was with the medium-sized town of Ninh Binh, located to
During our 2023 ’round-the-world trip, we traveled from Delhi, India to Hanoi, Vietnam. We stayed in Hanoi a day and a half, then a tropical storm swirled in and disturbed all our plans. Instead of the Halong Bay cruise, to be followed by several nights in Ninh Binh, we headed
When we travel, each night I download our photos to our tiny laptop. We select the best of the day and create a photo collage, and email it off to family and friends, and post it on Facebook – kind of like a newfangled postcard. This means that I have
The day trip to the Mekong Delta was extraordinary and in fact was more informative, more varietous and simply more stunning than our three day cruise! We actually spent as much time off the boat, exploring villages and country lanes, as we did in the boat viewing all kinds of extraordinary water vessels and life along the edge.
Two separate river experiences: a one-day speedboat trip with Les Rives, and a 4-day Mekong River private cruise from the Delta up to Cambodia, with Mekong Eyes. Related Links Les Rives Mekong Eyes Check out this article of mine too: Vietnam Travel Blog – Itinerary, Impressions and Diabetic Travel Tips
We arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec 7, 2017, after eight days in Myanmar. Greg had brought an entire suitcase full of Diet Dr. Pepper bottles to Bangkok at the beginning of our 65-day Southeast Asia Odyssey, however it was now twenty-three days later, and nine days without
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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