Category: The Itinerary

I decided to write today’s blog as I think Matt’s version of this story would be a “tad ” bit different than mine.   Last night we spent the night in a very nice hotel in Danang, a slight upgrade from our usual accommodations.   Today our day started off with a great buffet breakfast, […]

It is one of the most beautiful sights that we have ever seen: Paradise Cave. We started the drizzly day by renting a motorbike to travel the countryside and just explore. There were a couple of highlights that we wanted to see and Paradise Cave had come highly recommended by our previous trekking mates. We […]

The main reason for our stop in Phong Nha was to explore some of the many caverns that only recently have been discovered here. There were 10 people in our trekking party, 8 under the the age of 30 and two over 55……hmmm.   The guide says that we will experience every “eee word” that […]

Just when you think you are getting things wired, life happens.  The plan for the day was to rent a motorbike and self tour Cat Ba but a steady morning drizzle fizzled that plan.   Time to relax, do a few emails and read, then catch a bus to the Hanoi train station for an […]

Traveling  in Asia is often the most adventurous part of your day.  Our boat guide found a taxi for as very few speak English and the one he found for us was not english speaking, but we were assured he knew where to take us.   Hmmmm…… I knew something was up when he pulled out his […]

It is blog catch-up time! Since our last post we have traded the quiet, almost bikes only – water buffalo on the beach, tranquil community of Mui Wo for the fast paced big city of Hanoi with it’s death defying traffic and great food. We like both places…..although we keep getting lost walking the streets […]

It’s good to take a long hike after a day of travel ( 1,100+ stairs, 2 hours) cement trucks are smaller in Hong Kong Bean curd and sea weed are considered vegetables (We liked the sea weed at least) there are a lot of small temples here, some are Christian the local cows are friendly, […]

Where we find ourselves today:  I’ve been mostly retired for the last three years and during that time I have been working on Terri to take some time off and slow down. Our boys, Justin and Cameron, are self-sufficient, starting families, successful and best of all happy.  We now find ourselves with more free time, […]