We spent the last portion of our tour in Vietnam in and around Hanoi. Everyone who spends any time in Northern Vietnam goes on the Halong Bay Tour, it’s a given. I’m sure you have seen the many amazing pictures of the karst formations popping out of the bay. Initially, we had planned to do an overnight […]
Archive | April, 2014
Hotel Review: Park Plaza Soi 18 in Bangkok
While in Bangkok for Songkram, we stayed for free (by using some of our Club Carlson points) in the Park Plaza Soi 18, which had the biggest room we had stayed in during the trip (our next hotel, the Conrad Cotai in Macau blew this hotel out of the water, more on that in a few days). […]
Our Wet Day Enjoying Songkran in Bangkok
I can tell you right now, throwing ice-cold water into a stranger’s face is really fun. It’s even more fun when they laugh and get you back by squirting you with their massive water-gun. How do I know all of this? Aurelien and I spent a day in Bangkok participating in the biggest water fight […]
Four Ways to Stay Mentally Healthy While Traveling
Traveling is an adventure! Sometimes things don’t go the way you planned or hoped: buses get delayed, mosquitoes swarm you and all you can think about is dengue fever, you might lose some money or get ripped off, you might get sick, or sweat buckets in tropical locations. If you are not careful on long journeys […]
10 Fun Things to do in Ubud, Bali
We spent two weeks in Ubud, Bali relaxing and enjoying the many delicious vegetarian restaurants. Most of the time consisted of swimming at our guesthouse’s pool, eating delicious food, doing yoga, working and reading books. The amount of “tourist” activities we did could have fit into a four day visit, but we were happy slow […]