Vietnam War: Cu Chi Tunnels and War Remnants Museum

A trip that can be taken from Saigon is a trip to the Cu Chi Tunnels, an extensive network of tunnels dug underground by the Viet Cong before the Vietnam War. The experience at this site was more than a bit unnerving especially with the guides dressed in Viet Cong uniforms and a shooting range [...]

Saigon Sightings

Saigon (as people in the south still call it) or Ho Chi Minh City is a large, busy, and noisy city. Mostly I am impressed by the amount of traffic and how few accidents I see. At the roundabouts the amount of traffic is absolutely incredible.
In fact to cross the street here you just have [...]

Motorin’ Through the Central Highlands

What’s the best way to see ‘Real Vietnam’? On the back of a motorbike, of course.

According to backpacker lore, many trips are taken through the central part of Vietnam on tours with a gang of drivers called the EasyRiders. The original EasyRiders are based out of Dalat and began their tours 25 years ago, [...]

Hanoi Nights and Hoi An

Upon our return to Hanoi we had only half of a day before we headed south to Hoi An. Our last night was spent doing 2 quite memorable things.
First, we hit up the Water Puppets, which is an old skool art form dating back to the 10th century. Literally the wooden puppets are made to [...]

Halong Bay, 1 Night on a Fab Boat

A new friend has arrived in Vietnam, Curt, and we planned a fancy trip to Halong Bay. As it turned out his cousin, Brenna, and her friend, Luci, were also in Hanoi and joined us for our adventure. Our adventure, while pricey, was totally worth it.
The Halong Jasmine, our luxury liner, for one mere night. [...]

A Jaunt to Sapa

Kelly and I decided to escape LOUD Hanoi and head to Sapa in the north for a few days of rice terraces and village people. Seriously, Hanoi is the loudest place so far as there are no traffic rules you just honk to get people and other vehicles out of your way. It is more [...]

Hong Kong Highlights

The Food
Tea Time at the Peninsula Hotel

Vegetarian Feast at the Po Lin Monastery

Hippie Yuppie Food at Life Organic Cafe

I even ate lunch with my friend Diana’s parents and her brother. Her parents were visiting her brother who lives in HK and works as a lawyer. He’s quite posh, so we met for lunch [...]

Taking on Hong Kong

After many weeks traversing SE Asia, I decided to take a developed world break and head to Hong Kong for about a week. The decision was a wise one as I really LOVE this city. It might be because I appreciate it so much more than if I had just come from the USA, but [...]

Partyin’ in Phnom Penh

I spent multiple weeks hanging out in Phnom Penh visiting with my UNC friends, Jen and Erin, and hanging out with new friends. What on earth does one do in Phnom Penh for so many days?
Here are the highlights of PP.
I spent multiple nights attending Happy Hour at the FCC, aka the Foreign Correspondants Club, [...]