We visited the notorious Hoa Lo Prison built during the French colonial-era to imprison Vietnamese political prisoners. Hoa Lo or ‘Fiery Furnace’ was once a village known for its earthen home appliances like portable stoves. Then the French came along,…
Before I started planning for the trip to Hanoi, I had thought that it would be more or less the same as Singapore’s hot and very hot kind of weather. But the weather check gave a pleasant surprise – there’s…
The final leg of our trip was spending 2011’s Christmas in Taipei. It’s my first visit to Taiwan’s capital and I only get 1.5 days here…did not even get to visit the famous night market scenes (my subsequent trips made…