WHY VISIT VIETNAM?
As anyone who has ever tried to cross an intersection in Hanoi will tell you, visiting Vietnam can sometimes be like watching a magic trick.
On the surface, it can appear like an exercise in organised chaos, with a dizzying myriad of influences and identities, oddities and ideas, all rushing towards each other and seemingly avoiding head-on collisions by only a mere fraction of an inch.
With a system that seems like insanity and yet somehow, miraculously comes together beautifully, with some kind of harmonious internal logic known only to itself, not only does Vietnam work, but seeing it work, is spellbinding.
Whether it’s watching the candlelit lanterns drift slowly down Hoi-An’s central river, stopping off for an egg coffee in Hanoi or walking the bustling avenues teeming with food sellers, their delicious wares billowing steam into the night air, Vietnam is a place that you don’t so much see, as experience, where you have no choice but to let go and simply immerse yourself in the place.
