Dating in Vietnam is an adventure in itself. Vietnam has a traditional society which is beneficial for mostly the men, as when you get married women should be virgins and men experienced. It is not uncommon for men to talk openly about having both their “rice” (the wife or steady girl) and their “noodle soup” (the unofficial girlfriends)…

Pictures of Vietnam sleeping beauties…

When you are on a Saigon tour and are on budget, head straight to the Saigon backpacker’s hostel area. The best thing about this area, beside the cheap accommodation and food, is that you can easily catch the daily lives of Vietnamese.

In this post, I’ll bring you on a Saigon Alley Tour to show you how a common Vietnam’s alley, the houses and the lives within looks like…

2 personal observations on the Vinh Trang Pagoda in My Tho before I pass you a few quick facts follow by a photo slideshow…

This is the Cao Dai Temple in My Tho. It is not as big as the headquarter in Tay Ninh but still just as colorful and certainly worth a visit. If you want to learn more about the Cao Dai religion which was founded in Vietnam, click here. A quick summary is that Cao Dai is a Vietnamese sect that seeks to create the ideal religion by fusing the secular and religious philosophies of both East and West…

Mui Ne’s Po Shanu Cham Towers is about 5 km out of Mui Ne, on the road towards Phan Thiet. If you are riding on your own, ask the locals and most should be able to point you in the right direction. Just remember to emphasize that it’s Mui Ne’s Cham Towers and not the Phan Rang Cham Towers which is 130km away

This is the last of my series documenting the Vietnamese New Year. This time it’s on the Nguyen Hue Flower Street Festival, or ‘Duong Hoa Nguyen Hue’ in Vietnamese. The Nguyen Hue Flower Street Festival is an annual event in Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, where the whole of Nguyen Hue Street, in the heart of the city central, will be closed. For about a week, this street will be filled with diverse colors of flowers and the Lunar New Year decorations. Mixing with the sweet melodies of traditional music and folk songs, it gives the Vietnamese and tourists alike a chance to indulge in nature and to soak up the festive mood…

Tao Dan Cultral Park is another popular spot the Saigonese (people living in Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City) go to during the Vietnamese New Year. Although it is officially called ‘Tao Dan Park Flower Festival’, there are many other activities taking place like a fun fair for the kids, food fair for the adults, stage performances, etc. Good place to go to catch the festive atmosphere for the Vietnamese New Year…

This is a follow up on my series of pictures documenting the Vietnamese New Year. This time it’s pictures on the decorations and celebration of Tet on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon…

As mentioned in my post on the Vietnamese New Year, Park23/9 is one of the places in Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, where you can catch the New Year atmosphere. This year, the Tet flower market at Park 23/9 runs from 6th to 13th February…