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2 Nights Temple Stay Koyasan December 2023
2 special nights staying at the Koyasan Shukubo Saizenin temple. Located across the road from the grand central pagoda (Kongobu-ji Danjo Garan). Travelling to Koyosan is definitely part of the experience, with the scenic train trip and what feels like vertical cable car. Even the bus into Koyosan was an experience with its winding roads. Our Koyosan temple stay included breakfast and dinner, shared in a dining hall, seated on the floor. The meals were thoughtfully prepared by the monks and were a highlight of our stay. We also had the privilege of attending one of the monk’s morning prayer and worship sessions.
Koyosan is a special place with incredible natural beauty and dramatic pagodas and gates. Walking through the Okunoin Cemetery 2km s of 200,000 tombstones. Japan’s largest cemetery was a visually dramatic and enchanting place.
Stay:
Koyasan Shukubo Saizenin- Listed on Bookings.com as Japanese-Style Deluxe Room with Breakfast and Dinner included. Private Bathroom.
Eats:
Kadohama Goma-tofu honpo. Incredible experience celebrating the locally made sesame tofu.
We give Koyosan 5 stars.
All video content and music copyright Leigh and Neil. Filmed December 2023| Koyosan Japan
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3 Nights Kyoto December 2023
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3 Nights Kyoto - Staying in an historic and elegant suite in a former ryokan. 3nights of walking and exploring beautiful Kyoto. Walking through temples, visiting the palace, wondering through vintage markets, climbing the mountain of tori gates and eating fabulous food. Stay: 3 nights Airbnb labelled as ‘Stay at Historic and Elegant Suite in a Former Ryokan’. Stunning accommodation above a smal...
4 nights in Osaka December 2023
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3 Nights Bob’s Place and 1 night Bijou Suites before heading to airport. 4 nights in Osaka in December 2023 was enough to walk around and get a real feel for the place. We split our time there and stayed in Imamiya and then a little further south in Tengachaya. Amazing food, crazy shopping, efficient public transport, Teamlab, lots to see and do and incredible people watching. Stay: Bob’s place...
2 Nights Ho Chi Minh Christmas 2022
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2 Nights Ho Chi Minh - Caravelle Hotel, Christmas Eve and more fabulous Vietnamese food. Two Nights is Ho Chi Minh was enough to walk around the centre of the city, share in the family celebrations on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, and eat delicious food. Stay: Caravelle Hotel Tour: XO Motorbike Tour Eats: Be An Vegetarian Café Bánh Mì Huynh Hoa Cơm Tấm Mộc We give Ho Chi Minh 4 stars. Al...
4 Nights Phu Quoc - beach, pool, reading, eating and not much else.
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4 nights in Phu Quoc by the pool. We stayed at a simple resort on the west coast of the island. This area was quiet and away from the busier parts of Phu Quoc. We did not go to any of the tourist spots. We DID NOT visit the Mediterranean Town or go on the cable car. This is not our jam. We just read books, walked, swam and relaxed. Perfect resort holiday wind down. Stay: 3 nights Anja Beach Res...
4 Nights in Da Lat Vietnam Dec 2022
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4 Nights Da Lat - mountains, mushrooms and Vietnamese local tourism. So much to love. 4 nights in Da Lat was perfect. We flew in and out of Da Lat. The drive up the mountains from Da Lat airport was a highlight for scenery. Other highlights were Da Lat’s cool mountain air, fabulous architecture, walking around the Xuan Houng Lake, coffee and mushroom farm tours and some of our favourite people ...
4 Nights Hội An - Walking, Motorbike Riding, Eating and People Watching. Dec 2022
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4 Nights in Hội An gave us plenty of time to look around, taste some local cuisine and attend a cooking class. Beautiful, colourful and full of travellers. Stay: Bill Ben Homestay Hoi An Tour: Green Bamboo Cooking Class Eats: Nostalife Bánh Mì Phượng We give Hoi An 4 stars. All video content and music copyright Leigh and Neil. Filmed December 2022 | Hội An Vietnam
Hải Vân Pass Motorbike Tour from Hue to Hoi An. Dec 2022
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Easy Rider Motorbike Tour through the Hải Vân Pass, from Hue to Hội An The Easy Rider motorbike tour was fabulous despite the torrential rain. We visited a few local areas to see a mushroom farm and oyster farming on tires. We ate a lovely seafood lunch overlooking the ocean while we dried off a bit. We stopped at Da Nang to see the Dragon Bridge and visit Marble Mountain. Big full day and very...
24 Hours Hue Vietnam December 2022
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24 hrs Hue, Bún bò Huế, Rice cakes, Hue Imperial Citadel and the Dong Ba Markets. 1 Night in Hue was just enough to have Bún bò Huế for breakfast, visit the historic Hue Imperial Citadel (Royal Palace), walk through the Dong Ba markets and eat a special (and hugely filling) meal of traditional Hue rice flour cakes, before we set off on a motorbike tour from Hue to Hội An. Stay: Hue Riverside Vi...
2 nights in Ninh Binh Province Vietnam Dec 2022
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2 Nights Tam Coc in the Ninh Binh Province - Incredible Trang An Boat Tour and sleeper train to Hue. December 2022. 2 nights in a gorgeous homestay with the best Vietnamese coffee we had in our trip. Tam Coc town was very touristy (backpackers everywhere) and 1 night would have been enough, but it worked well with our early motorbike trip to Trang An for the Boat Tour. This boat tour was a high...
Halong Bay Vietnam - Trendy 2 Orchid Cruise. Dec 2022
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2 Night Ha Long Bay Luxury "Trendy 2" Cruise Vietnam. December 2022. Ha Long Bay is recognised by UNESCO as World Natural Heritage. A few kilometres out to sea and about 2.5 hour drive East from Hanoi. We booked a ‘luxury’ cruise with Orchid Cruises. Our boat was the Orchid Trendy. Not sure what was trendy about it. The boat was lovely, and the staff were very accommodating and friendly. It is ...
7 Nights on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands - flying on Jetstar’s inaugural flight. July 2023
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7 Nights on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands - flying on Jetstar’s inaugural flight and staying in a local Airbnb. July 2023 Left Sydney at 9:30pm and arrived at 7:00am the same day. Crossing the International Date Line can mess with your head for a minute. Flight time was less than 6 hours going to Rarotonga and closer to 7 hours coming back. Brilliant place for a quick getaway. We stayed at a fa...
Layover Saigon + 4 Nights Hanoi Vietnam. Dec 2022
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4 Nights and 4 days of walking, talking and eating. There is a lot to see in Hanoi or you can just walk around Hoàn Kiếm Lake and eat the amazing food that is on offer. We loved walking around the lake early in the morning to see everyone exercising, midday to chat with students learning English and, in the evening, to see the lights reflecting on the water. We visited the Temple of Literature,...

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  • @annieb7868
    @annieb7868 Місяць тому

    Just subscribed as I loved your vlog! Really interested in your highlights - will definitely do the trang a boat trip and dine at your restaurant recommendation. Just wondering why you didn’t like Hang Mua? Was it the people down the bottom harassing you about where to park or was it the climb and the view? I thought this was a “must see” attraction? Really interested to hear some additional feedback on Hang Mua? Thanks

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil Місяць тому

      Hi. Hang Mua just seemed a little bit tacky. It almost seemed like a theme park that had seen better days. There were broken fibreglass swan boats and other things in disrepair. The view from the top is lovely but aside from that, the rest, for us anyway, was not that great. Also having just been to Trang An, which is amazing, perhaps the bar was a little high and Hang Mua just didn't cut it.

  • @glencuthers5780
    @glencuthers5780 4 місяці тому

    Whenever l go back home l stay with my mum but hang out at the Edgewater for the live entertainment nights just buy your drinks and food. same with the Rarotongan hotel. The Rarotongan has good snorkelling beach . Just rock up and park nearby and enjoy the beach ! The resorts do charge for island nights as the package includes an island feast anyway its island time and people are more relaxed and treat all tourists the same. Google Cook Island News for all local news content to get a feel for the place would help cheers

  • @adran5916
    @adran5916 7 місяців тому

    hi guys new sub here me and my gf are planning a trip to raro and came across your video can you please let me know the name of the guest house u stayed in and how much per night will be great so i can make some bookings thank you

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 6 місяців тому

      Hey. We stayed in TeRito Lagoon Villas. We had the Lagoon View Villa. I cant remember the price, but I do remember it was good value for what we paid.

  • @user-kn2jd2mi3j
    @user-kn2jd2mi3j 7 місяців тому

    hà nội tuyệt vời

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 7 місяців тому

      Đúng! Chúng tôi nghĩ Hà Nội cũng rất tuyệt vời.

  • @catherinewilks3847
    @catherinewilks3847 7 місяців тому

    Looks so great, we are going in a couple of months and think we are in the some home stay. Looks fantastic

  • @user-tw6zs2uh1o
    @user-tw6zs2uh1o 8 місяців тому

    Great funny post👍

  • @djinvn
    @djinvn 8 місяців тому

    I need to try Bun Bo Hue in Hue 😄..I’ve only had it elsewhere. Hue is on the list! (Love Danang.. but didn’t make it here).

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 8 місяців тому

      We loved the Dish we had at Cháo Bò Đập Đá

  • @djinvn
    @djinvn 8 місяців тому

    Halong Bay is amazing. Nice video… subscribed. We did Stellar of the Seas 1 night and loved it (I also did a video on it). Cheers!

  • @djinvn
    @djinvn 8 місяців тому

    Hoi An is the best! We loved it there as well. I cannot wait to return. I also did a video when we were there 🙂👍🏻✨

  • @raulmenedez2427
    @raulmenedez2427 8 місяців тому

    Nice video 👍

  • @seanrota3359
    @seanrota3359 8 місяців тому

    Next time head to Aitutaki, no dogs there.

    • @raulmenedez2427
      @raulmenedez2427 8 місяців тому

      The dogs there are the best, very friendly and they have a chilled island behavior about them

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 8 місяців тому

      the dogs are amazing. so chilled out and we loved them accompanying us on our walks. I suppose you either a dog person or not :-)

  • @rajant.g.5071
    @rajant.g.5071 8 місяців тому

    Excellent vlogs interest journey super beautiful

  • @Nithink_Tank
    @Nithink_Tank 8 місяців тому

    Thank you memntioning the month right in the title -that helped a lot.

  • @nguyenvuthuyduong6319
    @nguyenvuthuyduong6319 8 місяців тому

    Hoi An at night is very beautiful, and the food there is also delicious. Da Nang is also very close to Hoi An, do you want to try Da Nang? That place is also a famous tourist destination in Vietnam

  • @nguyenvuminhkhue2931
    @nguyenvuminhkhue2931 8 місяців тому

    Hội An is a place with many friendly people and the specialties there are very delicious.❤❤❤ In Hội An, what dish do you like the most?❤❤❤❤

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 8 місяців тому

      we loved the food we cooked at Green Bamboo cooking class :-) Banh Xeo and Mi Quang we my fav...

  • @user-sj4ok2xx4s
    @user-sj4ok2xx4s 8 місяців тому

    We’re planning a trip to Rarotonga in January. My partner and I have some common ground that made us appreciate your video as well as made us chuckle - especially the vegetarian at home/but not always as much while traveling attitude, as well as the frugal tendencies- we always pack food and scavenge tree fruit etc. At the end of your vid, though it was a bit hard to hear, it seemed like you mentioned the South side was an ideal place to be situated for housing. Can you expand on that at all about where you might stay if you were to go back? Would love a recommendation from someone who seems to have similar interests; not big on resorts, like a kitchen and mellow location. Thanks!

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 8 місяців тому

      yes....we are learning...our sound game needs improving :-) The south side of the island is less developed and there are plenty of properties around there that can do self catering etc. You can find them on Stayz, Booking.com or Airbnb. If we went again we would probably stay in the same place - there are at least 20 or so similar properties around Te Rito in the suburb Titikaveka where we stayed. We'd recommend staying around there. The east side is also good and has Muri beach close by however, there are a few more resort style properties. The wet seemed simlar to the east albeit the reef is closer to the shore and the north is where the capital, Avarua is, so more built up.

  • @honghan5948
    @honghan5948 8 місяців тому

    was this video about last year? Hope you guys back to Vn soon

  • @mindlesspaul
    @mindlesspaul 8 місяців тому

    A second day in Hue is necessary rent a motorbike and ride upstream of the Perfume River to visit the various tombs of the Emperors that ones ruled Vietnam.

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 8 місяців тому

      unfortunately time didn't allow for us to stay a second day.

    • @mindlesspaul
      @mindlesspaul 8 місяців тому

      Well, that makes a great reason to come back and visit the tombs. It's really worthwhile @@leighandneil

  • @ryantrahan100
    @ryantrahan100 8 місяців тому

    Welcome to vietnam, our beautiful country!!😌

  • @Teeonhat
    @Teeonhat 8 місяців тому

  • @SlamminCameron
    @SlamminCameron 8 місяців тому

    How was the motor biking? What sort of experience did you have prior? I’m going with my fiancé and I have experience on a motorbike, but I am not an expert, but it does feel like the best way to get around.

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 8 місяців тому

      I'm no expert either, but you just take it easy and you will be OK. The locals are very courteous on the roads

    • @SlamminCameron
      @SlamminCameron 8 місяців тому

      @@leighandneil thank you!

  • @AuroraMiz
    @AuroraMiz 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing ❤

  • @rainerteetzen3730
    @rainerteetzen3730 8 місяців тому

    Wow.. ein wunderschönes video.. trauhaft

  • @colecschmidt
    @colecschmidt 8 місяців тому

    Did you just do this? Late September?

  • @sohrabmohamed1213
    @sohrabmohamed1213 9 місяців тому

    Sir, early December or end December?

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 9 місяців тому

      This was early December.

    • @sohrabmohamed1213
      @sohrabmohamed1213 9 місяців тому

      @@leighandneil sir,any idea how the climate is there during end December?

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 8 місяців тому

      search climate data for Ninh Binh. Should give you an idea. But i would guess pretty hot and humid

  • @weibinglee5297
    @weibinglee5297 9 місяців тому

    I am surprised that your resort doesn't provide filtered drinking water for its guests. You had to go to a community centre to fill up your drinking bottle every day. That's disappointing.

    • @leighandneil
      @leighandneil 9 місяців тому

      We stayed in a modest AirBnB not a resort. Resorts are not our jam. I would think the resorts provide filtered drinking water.

  • @nqtrung4456
    @nqtrung4456 9 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @honghan5948
    @honghan5948 9 місяців тому

    will you guys come back to VN?

  • @quangphuoctrantra2154
    @quangphuoctrantra2154 9 місяців тому

    <3

  • @thaovan2238
    @thaovan2238 9 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤ heppy

  • @thaovan2238
    @thaovan2238 9 місяців тому

    Heppy 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

  • @hieuloatoandai
    @hieuloatoandai 9 місяців тому

    Làm tốt lắm anh chị 👍

  • @tionwayne-z6t
    @tionwayne-z6t 9 місяців тому

    Stunning love the Vlog 🌺 Rarotonga looks like paradise

  • @gianglai5412
    @gianglai5412 9 місяців тому

    ~ HELLo. Thank you. Leigh. ~ i.Lo ve you.Việt Nam. Good. Geat. ~ 💑👪👫👬👭👭💜❤💜❤💜 🍲🍛🍣🍝🍕🍜🍗🍤🍔☕🍹🍺☕🍜🍲🍛🍱🍣🍕🍗🍤🍝☕🍹☕🍹☕🍹🍓🍍🍇🍈🍒🍊🍓🍈🍍🍒🍇🍈🍊