Grant and I had kicked around the idea of doing a 10-day meditation retreat while on our travels. We went back and forth about it in the beginning, but after meeting some folks who had completed and benefited greatly from…
Chiang Mai – Friends, Tigers, and Jazz
After a quick stop in Hanoi, Vietnam to catch a flight, we found ourselves in Thailand again. Our path never made much sense, but we didn’t care, since we were able to meet Ms. Jessica Lee and Kanami Otani in…
Tam Coc – Popcorn, Temples, and Winding Rivers
The buses of Vietnam amaze me. The distance are short, and yet they travel SO SLOW. For our 60 mile ride we thought it might take 3 hours to get to our destination because of windy roads and such. How…
Cat Ba Island, Ho Long Bay – Ocean Landscapes and Beautiful Trails
Northern Vietnam in December is cold and rainy. Many of our days were spent indoors reading, drinking, eating, and talking. It’s nice at times, but it’s even nicer when you plan a rainy day on a travel day such that…
Phong Nha – The Highs and Lows
Phong Nha can be split into two separate and completely different experiences. The first, a pleasant stay in a little town on the rise in the middle of a gorgeous national forest. The other, the god awful accommodation that we…
Hoi An & Hue – Rain In Quaint Cities
As we left a long stay in Da Lat, we started a quick combination of three cities on the central coast: Nha Trang (7 hours), Hoi An (2 nights), and Hue (1 night). Each city was different and great for…
Da Lat – Big Adventures and Big Personalities
There is so much about this city that rocks. First of all, the layout and building structures reminded us of a smaller-scale San Francisco. Secondly, the people here were extremely friendly and willing to talk about life as it really…
Ho Chi Minh City? Saigon? Both?
We arrived to Ho Chi Minh early in the morning. After avoiding one taxi scam, we found a fair price and were on our way to the hostel. The traffic here was crazy…even more so than Bangkok due to the…
Ko Lanta – Spoiled Monkeys and Laid Back Vibes
As we left the scenic beauty of Khao Sok with memories of the drunken Canadian travel group, gibbons and adventures, we were quickly thrown into a bus and shipped off to Krabi, Thailand. We had no idea what were we…