03 Feb 2023
This was the best day of my trip - and everyone else on the boat said the same. It wasn't just the sense that we were seeing behind the scenes of daily rural life in this beautiful country, it wasn't just the delicious food and refreshments, it was the thought and care that our guide Hang and her crew had put into every aspect of the day. The short trip in the wooden 'punt' where instead of the roar of the speedboat engines all you could hear was the soft lapping of the water as the paddle pushed us through....magical.
A truly unforgettable experience - I felt I'd learned more about Vietnam from this one day than I could have learned from a month of reading guide books or sitting on a tourbus.