[Sold Out] 20 - 25 Jul | Travel with Leica: Northern Vietnam Visual Journey

Day 1 – Mon 20 July 2026

Kuala Lumpur → Hanoi → Soy Sauce Village

• Before 12:00 – Arrive Hanoi (see flight ideas below)

• 12:00–13:30 – Check-in Old Quarter hotel (e.g., San Boutique 3*), short refresh.  

• 13:30–15:00 – Welcome lunch & briefing

• Trip overview, shooting themes, safety.

• Gear suggestions (street vs village kit).

• 15:00–16:30 – Drive to Ban Yen Nhan soy sauce village.

• 16:30–18:30 – Soy sauce village shoot

• Workers handling pots, textures, patterns, overhead shots.

• Late afternoon side-light for contrast.  

• 18:30–20:00 – Return to Hanoi, dinner near hotel.

• 20:30–21:30 – Day 1 Review Session (if energy allows)

• Quick selection of 5–10 frames each.

• Discuss colour vs monochrome treatment, storytelling angles.

Day 2 – Tue 21 July 2026

Hanoi Street Photography

• 05:00 – Depart hotel.

• 05:30–07:15 – Train Street + Hoan Kiem area

• Dawn ambience, residents, trains if scheduling allows.

• Transition to Hoan Kiem lake for morning walkers and reflections.  

• 07:30–09:30 – Breakfast at hotel + short rest.

• 10:00–12:30 – Flea market session

• Textures, objects, hands, small scenes.

• 12:30–14:30 – Lunch + rest (heat break).

• 15:30–17:30 – Backstreet Hanoi session

• Narrow lanes, doorways, vendors, layered compositions.  

• 18:30–19:30 – Dinner.

• 20:00–21:30 – Day 2 Review Session

•  “A Morning in Hanoi”.

• Focus on rhythm of frames, pacing for a future slideshow.

Day 3 – Wed 22 July 2026

Incense Village & Fish Traps → Thai Binh

• 06:30–08:30 – Hotel breakfast + check-out / pack.

• 08:30–10:00 – Drive to Quang Phu Cau incense village.

• 10:00–12:30 – Incense village shoot

• Classic red incense patterns, workers arranging bundles.

• 12:30–13:30 – Simple lunch en route.

• 13:30–15:30 – Fish trap village shoot

• Craft of making fish traps, weaving details, environmental portraits.  

• 15:30–18:00 – Drive to Thai Binh, check-in (Selegend 4*).  

• 18:30–19:30 – Dinner at hotel or nearby.

• 20:00–21:30 – Day 3 Review Session

• Compare colour vs monochrome in craft villages.

• Discuss pattern & geometry for print-worthy frames.

Day 4 – Thu 23 July 2026

Infinite Sea of Thai Binh → Nam Dinh Fishing Coast

(Times depend on tide + sunrise, estimate)

• 03:30–04:00 – Depart hotel to Infinite Sea location.

• 04:45–07:00 – Infinite Sea shoot

•             Pre-dawn silhouettes, fishermen against reflective water.

•             Wide + tele compression, abstract reflections.  

• 07:30–09:00 – Back to hotel, breakfast.

• 09:00–12:30 – Rest / backup / optional short edit.

• 12:30–13:30 – Lunch.

• 13:30–15:30 – Drive to Nam Dinh; check-in (Nam Cuong 4*).  

• 16:00–18:30 – Nam Dinh fishing village

•            Afternoon activity: nets, boats, harbour textures.

• 19:00–20:00 – Dinner.

• 20:15–21:45 – Day 4 Review Session

Day 5 – Fri 24 July 2026

Nam Dinh → Long Coc Tea Hills

• 07:00–08:00 – Breakfast, check-out.

• 08:00–12:00 – Drive ~189 km (about 4 hours) to Long Coc (Phu Tho); 

•                        lunch at local restaurant en route.  

• 13:00–14:00 – Check-in Long Coc Ecolodge, short rest.  

• 14:30–18:30 – Afternoon & sunset @ Long Coc

•            Overlapping tea hills from high viewpoint

•            If possible, arrange 1–2 tea pickers for scale.  

• 19:00–20:00 – Dinner at ecolodge.

• 20:15–21:45 – Day 5 Review Session

•            Landscape curation

Day 6 – Sat 25 July 2026

Long Coc Sunrise → Hanoi / Airport → Kuala Lumpur

• 04:30 – Pre-dawn call.

• 05:00–07:00 – Final sunrise session @ Long Coc

•            Morning mist (if present) between hills.

•            Telephoto layers.  

• 07:30–09:00 – Breakfast, pack, check-out.

• 09:00–12:30 – Drive back towards Hanoi / Noi Bai Airport.

• 13:30 – Estimated arrival at airport (per original plan).  

Key Activities:

• Dawn landscape photography at iconic locations.
• Craft villages: incense & fish traps.
• Cultural & human interest photography.
• Long Coc tea hill drone & landscape sessions.
• Daily photo review and discussions.