“Nếu bạn đã dịch câu này, bạn biết nhiều hơn chúng tôi lúc đó.” The man continues speaking in Vietnamese while pointing to the bike. Sébastien looks at him. Then look at Matthew. Still no idea what he's trying to tell us. He starts again, this time with his hands...
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Sapa or Sapaland?
“It was completely fake." The receptionist at our very pretty hotel looks up at Matthieu, visibly surprised. She had just asked us what we had done the day before. “Cat Cat Village" Matthieu replies. Before adding, with the most absolute naturalness: “It was completely fake."...
Ha Giang Loop, but did we take a private tour?
“It’s me, Lisa!” Big smile, very high voice. Matthieu looks at her without understanding. “But it’s me, Lisa!” We talked together!”...
The organized chaos of Hanoi
The roar gets closer. In a few seconds, the waiters fold the tables against the walls, the tourists press against the facades and the train crosses the alley a few tens of centimeters from us. Welcome to Train Street. It is here that we discover Hanoi for the first time, among the cafes set up along the rails and the cameras already ready to immortalize the passage of the train. We then wonder if this attraction reflects the image of the city, or if Hanoi has much more to offer than this now famous decor. For this first day, we start with the great...
Ha Long Bay: is it overrated?
The bus driver turns off the engine, turns around and shows us the pontoon where we should stop. How does he know it's the right one? We never told him anything except our names. The journey from Hanoi was booked with a company; the cruise, in another, without ever connecting the two or giving the name of any ship. Perfectly established network or cruise mafia, the mystery will remain unsolved. But another question was weighing on us from the start: places that are too famous often end up disappointing, so was Halong Bay, seen and reviewed a thousand times, really going to be worth the detour...
All discoveries
The animals, the food, the places and the little details that stuck with us along the way.

Chè
Chè is one of those discoveries that starts with a rather odd first impression...
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Nudibranchs
When diving, we tend to always look for big encounters. Sharks, manta rays, turtles, whole schools of fish that cut out the light...
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Arrack
Arak is the traditional alcohol of Bali, tested out of curiosity after reading that it was produced on the island...
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Penjor
The penjor is one of the most striking images we keep from our time in Bali. We discovered it as part of Galungan, the big Balinese religious festival, and it was...
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