endurance traveling: it takes two.
it’s time for a shoutout to this guy | (i think my favorite photo of him from this trip. never ever before so cool,…
asia
a misty three days in halong bay (and its dirty little secret).
once you start researching a trip to southeast asia, images of halong bay become your go-to daydream place. it did for me. google it…
hoi an: vietnam’s most picture perfect city.
if you’ve ever closed your eyes and pictured what romanticized asia would look like, it’s probably hoi an, vietnam smack dab in the central…
take your pick of water in hoi an, vietnam.
when going to hoi an, you have to decide if you want to stay a) in the town, b) in the country/riverside or c)…
date night in an alley in hoi an, vietnam.
one of those nights where a post-shopping happy hour cocktail turns into a three-hour dinner in an alleyway of hoi an, vietnam. our buzzed…
reservation for two stools, please.
one of the very first things you’ll notice in vietnam is that everyone dines on the sidewalk on miniature stools. tiny little plastic or wooden stools…
shopping spree in hoi an.
besides being romantic, historic and situated on both a river and a the ocean, hoi an (more here) is known for custom tailoring. there…
doing & seeing in dalat, vietnam.
click to enlarge. for visuals: we took a bus from Phnom Penh, Cambodia —> Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam —> Dalat, Vietnam the “town…
you really haven’t lived until you’ve used a squatty toilet on a daily basis.
… said no one ever. yes, folks. this is what most toilets look like. that bucket of water is for you to flush with….
chasing waterfalls & running from thunderstorms.
a highlight of dalat are its waterfalls. based on the recommendation of our guesthouse owner, we skipped the popular elephant falls for thac pongour…