The Reality of Hanoi: When a Street Was a Shop Sign
A shop can change what it sells. Changing the name of the street above it is a rather bigger undertaking. In Hanoi's…
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Cheap flights to Hanoi: Noi Bai is not the city
A cheap ticket to Hanoi gets you to Noi Bai. That is not the same thing as getting you to Hanoi. The…
The Reality of Hoi An: The Port the River Switched Off
For four centuries, this was Faifo—one of Southeast Asia's great trading ports. Japanese, Chinese, Dutch, and Portuguese merchants maintained busy quarters here,…
Cheap Flights to Hoi An: Fly into Da Nang, Then the Car-Free Old Town
On my first visit to Hoi An, I booked a boutique hotel located deep inside the historic center. I arrived by taxi…
Cheap flights to Ho Chi Minh City: the in-town airport, the taxi scam, and the e-visa you need first
On my first landing at Tan Son Nhat, worn out from a long routing, I skipped the queue for official airport taxis…
Hanoi’s Layers: The Old Quarter, Egg Coffee, and Living History
Sit on a tiny blue plastic stool on the edge of the pavement, a glass of impossibly thick, sweet egg coffee warming…