Intro

I have backpacked Asia since 1989. The first country I backpacked was Thailand it was a stopover on the way to my migration to Cairns Northern Queensland Australia 🦘🌏 The Thai locals touched my face as it seemed strange to see white skin, I purchased a luxury Condominium on the beech front and lived in Thailand Hua Hin in 2004. Back in 1990 I entered Saigon it was on the first tourist plane into Vietnam when the gates opened for tourism in 1990. The local people cheering as 15 of us came through. Never will I see Vietnam as it was on that year. Enjoy my site presented for you.

By the way you will find many in-flight magazines on my site very interesting to read.

My first time in Vietnam I entered 33 years ago in 1990, it was announced on CNN news that the gates were about to open for tourism that week.

Here is one I will show from my memoirs from Hanoi in 1990.

In 1990  I had landed in Thailand for a vacation, cutting a long story short, as I watched TV the local news of CNN at the Sweetie guest house, situated off Khao San, it was broadcast that the country of Vietnam was to open it's doors to the foreigner traveller's alike, so a friend of mine from Germany and I bought a ticket with Vietnam Airlines "which took some persuasion". 

Departing the next day  the only option was "Visa on arrival" The following Morning we sat in the ancient first passenger plane for Vietnam only a handful of tourists and some business people on it, the smoky atmosphere blowing everywhere, the hostesses wore a beautiful light blue and white traditional dress, they spoke French as a second language..Go to my Vietnam section.

 In 2018 I took a two week vacation.

Array of travel on one vacation 

Railway Street in Hanoi was or is shut from tourist due to many people crowding a local people making dong from it.

Organised it truly was!!