Travel notes
The things we end up explaining on WhatsApp anyway, written down once. No listicles, no "top ten hidden gems" — just what we would tell a guest standing at the desk.
Ha Long Bay
Which Ha Long Bay cruise should you book? Ten boats, compared honestly
Budget, family, honeymoon, pool or quiet bay — where each of our ten boats fits, what each one is bad at, and the three things cruise sellers tend not to mention.
Sapa
Sapa month by month: when to go, from someone who guided there in 2008
Water in the terraces, green, gold, then stubble and fog. Which months are worth it, which trek suits whom, and what a homestay actually is.
Ha Giang
Ha Giang loop: easy rider or ride yourself? The licence rules, honestly
Why most travellers cannot legally ride a motorbike in Vietnam, what an easy rider is, what it costs, and when the loop is at its best and its worst.
More notes are added as guests ask new questions. If yours is not answered here, ask us — the answer may become the next one.