Our Sa Pa adventure started with an overnight train ride from Hanoi. The four-bed cabin was extra quaint – we splashed out for the extra bunk, as sleeping with a…
Beating the heat in Hoi An and Hanoi
We knew that we were packing in the action at the beginning and end of our trip, so we planned a little downtime in the middle, with relatively leisurely visits…
Mekong Delta – to market, to market
Second day in the Mekong Delta – time to head to the markets. We started off with a quick trip by river ferry over to catch our ride. We were…
Mekong Delta – homestay hospitality
Our trip to the Mekong Delta included a homestay with a local family, who truly lived up to the words that our guide Huy kept using to describe the people…
Mekong Delta – a five vehicle day
We spent two indescribable days in the Mekong Delta with our knowledgeable and friendly tour guide Huy. The first day had us traversing land and water in five different vehicles….
Saigon Street Food by motorbike
We got right into the food scene with an evening Street Food tour – by motorbike. They offered a ‘scaredy cat’ option by taxi for an additional fee – but…
Twenty-four hours to the other side of the world
We’re off! We managed to pack lighter than we ever have before, knowing that for parts of our trip we’d have to carry a lot on our backs. We were…
We’re headed to Vietnam!
A milestone birthday warrants a trip to a new continent – we will be headed to Vietnam in August 2019! We’ll be following a south-to-north-back-to-south route over our two weeks…