Destinations

People come to Vietnam for the scenery. They come back for everything else. The scenery is real — Ha Long Bay's limestone karsts emerging from green water at dawn, Sapa's rice terraces stacked up the mountain in shades of green that don't seem possible, the Old Town of Hội An at night with its lanterns reflected in the Thu Bon River. These things are as beautiful as advertised. But they are not what makes Vietnam stay with you. What stays with you is the texture of dail