“Vietnam is dangerous”

“The traffic is crazy, be careful when crossing the road”

“So many scam, make sure you wrote your price before getting into public transport”

The corporate slave in me was a little bit worried with those negative reviews found by Google. But not for long. Travel stories from friends, food reviews, and beautiful scenery found in the photos has woke up the travel bug, which soon overules the corporate slave, turning worry itu anxiety. And when my Singapore-Hanoi ticket was booked, its too late to turn back.

Traveling with elder makes me less tolerant to risk. It won’t be fun to stroll your luggage around, from hotel to hotel to check and find decent room, so I pre-booked all the Hotel for the whole trip. But we still have a lot of open itinerary, allowing for time for our soul to guide us.

We also believe that, the objective of the trip is to spend as little as possible.  As written in Lonely Planet, there are no awards for those who spent the less. So, keeping in mind the budget, we booked a quite decent Hotel, tour, and listed several good food and coffee shop. At the end of the day, we want to have stories to tell, and photos worth to remember.

So, finally, after all the stuff packed, I do another search in Google. This time, the travel bug see the other side:

“Halong Bay is heavenly beautiful”

“The paintings are unbelievably beautiful and cheap”

“The food is awesome”