SouthEast Asia – That’s a wrap

As we do….we like to keep stats on our trips on things that may or may not be important. So here goes the many lists … Things we lost or left behind: Todd’s noise cancelling headset Todd’s sunglasses Jill’s reading glasses Ticket for the glass bridge Two drink...

Cocks in training

It was a quick flight from Hanoi, Vietnam to Vientiane, Laos. our hotel was in the tourist district and it had an excellent roof top pool – that we ended up using daily! The temperature for the next 8 days in Laos was hovering at 36 C. We rented a scooter of...

Northern Vietnam – Dramatic mountains, rice and culture

I had to take a break between Central and Northern Vietnam blog posts….there was so much going on in the North, it was way too much to blog on the fly – so this one is super late but I’m sure it will be great! We left a day early from our fancy villa...

Does that smell like soup or dirty feet?

From Da Nang, we headed northerly…decided to take the heritage train to Hue (pronounced Hway). This train was supposed to be a bit more cultural; they had an entertainment community car which was pretty Hokie…they have the craziest obsession with Karaoke here....

Where the rice fields meet the ocean

It was a very early morning wakeup after TET (Chinese New Year) that we had to get to the Ho Chi Minh airport for our flight to Da Nang. We have started to realize that even destinations that are less than 5 km away take longer to get too in Vietnam….there are no...