Vinh Long to Can Tho - country roads, fruit gardens gallore, and the saviour of a family-run hotel December 10th 2012 The next morning we decided to drive the roundabout way to Can Tho, through Sa Dec by way of the ferry. It was just about the longest and slowest way to Can Tho, and it was lovely. We sanked around the islands, past fruit garden after fruit garden, the roads sleepy and barely wide enough for one car at a time. Endless bridges, markets and smiling faces along the way.
The ferry was not the scary ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Can Tho The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
We are Sadie and Øyvind, she is 28 and Spanish-American (raised in Barcelona, American by passport) and he is 35 and Norwegian all the way. We are married and live in Oslo (moved here together in 2008) and we both work in film and TV, Øyvind is a photografer and Sadie is a director working as a koordinator/AD :)
We are quitting our jobs, packing up and leaving for the trip of a lifetime together! Our plans are to be gone anywhere between 6 and 10 months, and we hope to get off the beaten track and maybe work/volunteer along the way in order to better get to know the countries we visit and t... full info