Travel Pics Theme: H for Ho Chi Minh City. Bricks and Billboards

This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. For Thursday, a view I’m calling Bricks and Billboards, taken from our hotel in HCMC, The Ruby River. It’s typical of the vistas in Ho Chi Minh City – utilitarian, a bit run down – and peppered with reminders that this country…

Travel Pics Theme: H for Hoi An

The theme for our ‪‎travel pics this week is H, for Hoi An – and today, we head to My Son holy land, about 40km away. My Son was built by the Cham people, who ruled Central Vietnam from 200AD to 1700AD until finally annexed by the Vietnamese in the 19th Century. Influenced by Hinduism they…