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Sydney ~ 1st impressions from down under.
Sydney is cool. 4 nights and 3 full days were definitely not enough! Circular Quay, the Opera House, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the ferry to Manly, Manly beach, shopping, fun neighborhoods like Newtown, Darlinghurst, and the Rocks, Hyde Park, the Botanic Gardens, great food, great public transport….and that was just three days! Imagine what experiences…
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Week #38 ~ Recap
570 miles, 1 major city, 1 ferry ride, 1 ocean drive, 2 caravan parks, 1 state park, 6 live kangaroos, 1 campfire, 215.06 over budget. Between the rental costs, gas, and campground fees, the campervan has been more expensive than what we normally spend on lodging which has pushed us into budget overages, but it’s…
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Week #37 ~ Recap
4,852 miles, 2 flights, 3 countries, 2 hemispheres, 2 oceans, 1 floating market, $1,010 OVER budget. The recap numbers this week are crazy! For those of your keeping track, our weeks go from Friday to Thursday since we landed in Bangkok on a Friday. Our last day at the Bamboo EcoVillage in Can Tho was…
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Saigon and the Mekong Delta
Which is it: Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City? Depends on who you ask, and according to our guide the names are interchangeable. Younger people seem to prefer Ho Chi Minh, our guide preferred Saigon, so that’s what we will use in this post as we go forward. Scattered through Saigon and the Mekong Delta…
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Week #36 ~ Recap
354 miles, 2 flights, 1 museum, 1 temple, 1 bamboo circus in the opera house, 2 boat rides, 1 crawl through a VietCong tunnel, 1 hammock hang after lunch, 1 Eco Village homestay and approximately $102 UNDER budget. This week was a mixture of war sites/museums and modern tourist attractions. From a beachside resort on…
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Week #35 ~ Recap
1271 miles, 3 flights, 2 beaches, 15 waterwheels, 1 bike ride, 1 “farming” experience, 1 cooking class, 3 amusing tourist attractions, 5 days of wearing our coats for warmth, $120.58 OVER budget. How is it that we are so close to the end of our stay in Vietnam?! We started the week in Northern Vietnam…
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Flower Lanterns and Basket Boats in Hoi An
Something magical happens in the tropics after the sun goes down. The inky evening takes the edge off of reality and the lights of the shops radiate warmth. The sounds in the air are filled with people laughing and glasses clinking. In the case of Hoi An, there is also the added delight of the…
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Week #34 ~ Recap
1,059 miles, 2 countries, 1 flight, 1 capital city, 1 cruise, 1 nature preserve, 1 bike ride, 1 water puppet show, 500 pictures taken of amazing scenery, UNDER budget $80.43. This week included our last day of touring in Siem Reap, travel to Hanoi by plane and much driving from Hanoi to Ha Lan Bay…
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From city to sea, Hanoi to La Han Bay
We’ve been looking forward to this portion of the trip almost as much as we anticipated the month we spent in Italy. We think that Vietnam could be our jam….mostly for the food, but hopefully for other stuff too. A city of 8 million people, Hanoi is everything we expected of Southeast Asia ~ great…
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Siem Reap: more than just another pretty temple
If you think all there is to Siem Reap is just a bunch of ancient temples in Angkor, think again. Don’t get me wrong…there are A LOT of temples and each one is spectacular and unique. The temple complex of Angkor Wat is the world’s largest religious structure, made up of over a thousand buildings…
