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Travel Crafter's recent customized small group adventure to Indochina included a week in Vietnam, visiting Hanoi, Halong Bay, the remote rural villages in the northwest inhabited by indigenous hill tribe peoples in their traditional dress, the former royal capital of Hue, Hoi An, and Saigon.
Vietnam offers the traveler a feast for the senses and a good value for the travel dollar. Lush landscapes, world-class hotels, outstanding cuisine, East meets West architecture, museums, ancient sights, and a diverse terrain. Interested in traveling to Vietnam? Let Travel Crafter give you a first-hand report.
 Take a cyclo ride through Hanoi's Old Quarter  French architectural elements on an old building in Hanoi's Old Quarter  Driving a water buffalo to market  Portable pigs  Boats ready to set sail in Halong Bay  Halong Bay  One of the many limestone islands that emerge from the Gulf of Tonkin  Pretty stone bridge near Hanoi  Rice farming  Flower Hmong woman walking to market  Flower Hmong women at the weekend market in Bac Ha  Scene from weekend market in Bac Ha  In front of a local villager's house - a rural still life scene  Making a plow blade  On a walk through the northern landscape  The manicured grounds of the Victoria Hotel in Sapa, a mountain town in northern Vietnam  Open air markets feature wonderful fruits and vegetables  A Red Dao woman in traditional dress  The French colonial facade of the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi  Bannister from a building on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Hue  The grounds of the Forbidden Purple City in Hue  La Residence Hotel & Spa in Hue is located along the scenic Perfume River and features wonderful Art Deco architecture  A morning mist casts a dreamy light on the landscape  Lush landscapes, green foliage and colorful flowers add to the scenic beauty  Fishing in a woven reed boat  A fisherman works to repair his nets on China Beach |