Vietnam

Antoine's view

I must admit that Vietnam left me with an indelible trace(I 'm not talking about the scar on my leg, which was fractured in a boating accident in north Vietnam!),just as it left a remarkable memory for those who once knew Indochina, like Bernard Moitessier who recounts so well his childhood in Saigon and on the southern beaches in his book -Tamata and alliance-.

I was really blown away by the large numbers of people in the avenues of Saigon and in the streets of Hanoi's Old Quarter ;the beauty of the rocks in Ha Long Bay ghostly in the fog;the small town of Hoi Han, whose markets take us back several centuries.

I relished the Vietnamese's food (even more varied and succulent than Vietnamese restaurants in France);I was impressed by the followers of the CAO DAI religion, the Mekong River and the tranquil countryside: travelingin Vietnam is to be filled with wonder by the breathtaking landscape, particular light and the chance meetings with the locals at every corner...

Unfortunately decades of totalitarianism have taken their toll making sailing impossible, free as we think it should be, on the shores of Vietnam... Perhaps soon that will improve... what a wonder it would be to navigate in the middle of the islands of Ha Long Bay!