I’m not one to hold back my love for central Mexico; see my last post, Mexico: Beyond the Beaches. But let’s get real, sometimes all you really want is sunshine and white sand, and warm breeze tickling your face while you sip a cold coconut. You want to nibble fresh fish tacos in the shade. You want vibrant sunsets on your balcony while enjoying strong yet […]
We’ve been travelling around Mexico now nearly a month and we haven’t visited a single beach. We haven’t even seen the ocean. We haven’t been to Cabo or Puerta Vallarta or Cancun, Cozumel or the Rivera Maya. If we haven’t been sipping margaritas on white sand beaches, or getting wild at Senor Frogs, you ask, what have we been doing? Mexico […]
Bali is distinctly different from her Mother, Indonesia. Born from another father than Sumatra, Papua, Borneo, or even Java or Tenggara next door, Bali was raised observing completely unique cultural and religious rituals than the others–and really, than the rest of the world. Much of the differences between Bali and the other islands, spawn from religious views–where Indonesia is mostly Muslim, Bali […]
One month has passed in that way time passes when you are living someplace new and different. Fast yet slow. Plenty of days spent in a mixed blur of laziness and work; motorbike adventures and days where we barely left the house or our computers. Getting comfortable. Learning the lay of the land. We’ve been in Bali a month and we […]
The attendant showed us the calculator screen,”800,000 rupiah…” The cost for two tickets to Bali Bird Park. We hadn’t done our homework. We made the 30 minute drive south from Ubud and arrived to find out the entrance price, the equivalent of $27 USD/each, was far more than our cheap selves wanted to pay for a nonchalant day trip. We looked at each […]
Often, visitors have asked me what it is they should check out when spending a few days in Saigon. So, here it is! My comprehensive list of where to eat, what to do, where to chill, what to see in Ho Chi Minh City; and how to find it. 1. Get Lost in Cho Lon AKA “Chinatown.” Wander around with your […]
There is perhaps no other place as gushed about by the blogging and location independent traveler than Chiang Mai. So we had high expectations before arriving–we even considered scoping the place out as a future potential temporary home. It was a good thing we didn’t make any major decisions before visiting. We weren’t blown away by Chiang Mai. Don’t get […]
It’s amazing to me that Pho, or Vietnamese noodle soup, is the most internationally well-known Vietnamese dish, when there are so many other incredible Vietnamese dishes to try. Here are ten of my favorites: 1. Bahn Khot & Banh Xeo Vietnamese style savory, rice pancakes filled with seafood or pork, scallions, bean sprouts; wrap them in lettuce with herbs and pickled carrots/green papaya, dip […]
I first learned my mom and “twisted aunts,” Jill and Pam, would be visiting Vietnam for over 2 weeks in July I was ecstatic. I was excited because I hadn’t seen my mom since I left home in November. I was thrilled because I’d get two weeks off of work. I was pumped to plan a big adventure for a group of […]
We knew we were in for a treat after waking in our hotel and peeking out the window. Even from the rather dirty, industrial port of Ha Long City, the view of craggy limestone cliffs poking out from green sea was enough to evoke our excitement and admiration. I was with my mom and “twisted aunts,” and we had reached the […]
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