Kim and TD + an unexpected lay off + 15 28 months + wanderlust + gratuitous cursing = a dream fulfilled
Posted in Vietnam on Dec 15th, 2009
View at Picasa She tells me it looks great and I should buy it27-Nov-2009 14:08, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. u1030SW,S1030SW , 3.5, 5.0mm, ’0.05′ sec, ISO 200 addHSSlideshow(‘group1′); Up in the mountains of Vietnam, right by the border with China, lies the little town of Sapa. This is the place to get your trekking on, whether [...]
Posted in Vietnam on Dec 7th, 2009
Imagine going to a restaurant where the food is delicious, the décor immaculate and the bill reasonable…but the service is lousy. The waiter charges you for the free bread, brings a burger when you ordered a steak, then demands a 40% tip. This is Vietnam. Don’t get us wrong, we love this country – the [...]
Posted in Vietnam on Dec 1st, 2009
The road leading up the coast of Vietnam is a heavily touristed route, so we decided to take a short detour via the Central Highlands. With beautiful scenery and cooler temperatures, we headed to Dalat in order to hook up with an Easy Rider – a informal group of local guides that offer motorcycle tours [...]
Posted in Vietnam on Nov 25th, 2009
Saigon is a city of motorbikes. It’s impossible to talk about it without mentioning the swarms of bikes you encounter everywhere. They clog roads, sidewalks and even the home where they are parked inside for safekeeping. When our couchsurfing hosts told us we couldn’t have a true Saigon experience without a bike of our own, [...]
Posted in Vietnam on Nov 16th, 2009
View at Picasa Sunrise on the Mekong, at 5:hurty05-Nov-2009 00:58, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. u1030SW,S1030SW , 6.3, 7.57mm, ’0.003′ sec, ISO 80 addHSSlideshow(‘group4′); Vietnam – one of the countries we were most excited to visit. Would we be treated with disdain due to lingering anti-American sentiment or would we be greeted by warm smiles from people? [...]
