Taking baby steps through Hanoi

REMEMBER China Beach?

Between McMurphy’s terribly tragic love affairs and Dodger’s jungle exploits, there must be a whole generation of thirtysomethings whose romantic images of Vietnam were fixed by their exposure to the American TV series.

In my backpacking days, I had always dreamed of travelling there; I just didn’t expect to get the opportunity when my husband, Scott, and I had 10-month-old Hannah in tow.