I just posted a new blog from amazing Hanoi & beyond - northern Vietnam has so much to offer, I really had to cut down and still ended up with 100 photos haha!
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I just posted a new blog from amazing Hanoi & beyond - northern Vietnam has so much to offer, I really had to cut down and still ended up with 100 photos haha!
Check it here: https://theflore.com/blog-posts/2026/02/16/vietnam-hanoi-catba-mountains
@djflore whoaa
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I just posted a new blog from amazing Hanoi & beyond - northern Vietnam has so much to offer, I really had to cut down and still ended up with 100 photos haha!
Check it here: https://theflore.com/blog-posts/2026/02/16/vietnam-hanoi-catba-mountains
@djflore I have been there on that train and it is wonderful
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I just posted a new blog from amazing Hanoi & beyond - northern Vietnam has so much to offer, I really had to cut down and still ended up with 100 photos haha!
Check it here: https://theflore.com/blog-posts/2026/02/16/vietnam-hanoi-catba-mountains
@djflore Just spent a timeless while after supper enjoying your photo tour. Much appreciated.
I would take issue with your final line "Vietnam - a country to add to your travel plan without a doubt!" -- no: casual, itinerary-ticking tourists dont. With photos this good, who needs to burn all that jet fuel and contribute to the destruction of such places by over-tourism? Let those who really must immerse themselves go visit, but dont make it too easy.
We each have the capacity to make a place [near where] _we_ live more beautiful, by rejecting industrialised consumer norms and enjoying the satisfying hard work of making something uniquely beautiful of our own.
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@djflore Just spent a timeless while after supper enjoying your photo tour. Much appreciated.
I would take issue with your final line "Vietnam - a country to add to your travel plan without a doubt!" -- no: casual, itinerary-ticking tourists dont. With photos this good, who needs to burn all that jet fuel and contribute to the destruction of such places by over-tourism? Let those who really must immerse themselves go visit, but dont make it too easy.
We each have the capacity to make a place [near where] _we_ live more beautiful, by rejecting industrialised consumer norms and enjoying the satisfying hard work of making something uniquely beautiful of our own.
@wavesculptor thanks a lot, appreciate the feedback.
I think there’s a fine line between assuming “we” are “better” tourists than others, and allowing a place to remain true to itself without depriving it from the benefits even industrialised tourism can bring
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@djflore glad you enjoyed Hanoi and Vietnam!
@duc for sure did, really loved it.
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@djflore Beautiful!
@Eetschrijver thank you so much
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@djflore I have been there on that train and it is wonderful
@Robo105 ahhh I never took the train itself, really should.
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@djflore I have been there on that train and it is wonderful
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I just posted a new blog from amazing Hanoi & beyond - northern Vietnam has so much to offer, I really had to cut down and still ended up with 100 photos haha!
Check it here: https://theflore.com/blog-posts/2026/02/16/vietnam-hanoi-catba-mountains
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I just posted a new blog from amazing Hanoi & beyond - northern Vietnam has so much to offer, I really had to cut down and still ended up with 100 photos haha!
Check it here: https://theflore.com/blog-posts/2026/02/16/vietnam-hanoi-catba-mountains
@djflore Such wonderful photos! These bring back good memories of my trip to Vietnam way back in 1992. But you took much better photos than I did.
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@djflore Such wonderful photos! These bring back good memories of my trip to Vietnam way back in 1992. But you took much better photos than I did.
@jeridansky I suppose the equipment also made it easier than back then! Amazing, must have been so different.
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@jeridansky I suppose the equipment also made it easier than back then! Amazing, must have been so different.
@djflore It was an amazing time to be there; the country had just opened up to individual tourists, so I was able to go by myself instead of with a group. Everyone wanted to practice their English with me, and wanted to know if Mr. Bill Clinton was going to lift the trade embargo.
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@djflore It was an amazing time to be there; the country had just opened up to individual tourists, so I was able to go by myself instead of with a group. Everyone wanted to practice their English with me, and wanted to know if Mr. Bill Clinton was going to lift the trade embargo.
@jeridansky this is incredible - did you ever consider writing about the trip?
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@stevenray thank you - glad it brings some joy
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@jeridansky this is incredible - did you ever consider writing about the trip?
@djflore No, I didn't. A lost opportunity, probably, since it would be difficult to do now, so many years later.
But here's a bad photo of me and the ladies I did Tai Chi with beside a lake in Hanoi, for five mornings. I don't know much of anything about Tai Chi, but I was able to follow along and they were happy to have me join in. We had zero language in common, but it didn't matter. One of my favorite memories.
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@djflore No, I didn't. A lost opportunity, probably, since it would be difficult to do now, so many years later.
But here's a bad photo of me and the ladies I did Tai Chi with beside a lake in Hanoi, for five mornings. I don't know much of anything about Tai Chi, but I was able to follow along and they were happy to have me join in. We had zero language in common, but it didn't matter. One of my favorite memories.
@jeridansky even the glimpses you just shared here are worth recording, who knows for whom it has value, but most of all it might be for yourself to read them in the years to come - this is how I feel abou my own blogs.
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