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, […]
Paradise Cave Found
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 […]
A Trek into the Dark
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 […]
The “Sleeper Train” is an Oxymoron
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 […]
Trekking on Cat Ba Island
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 […]
Not Too Long in HaLong
The most extravagant of our accommodations, for our entire trip, was on the Prince III Junk out of HaLong Bay. We travelled to Bai Tu Long Bay on the east side of HaLong Bay. The entire area is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and once you see it you understand why, it is awesome. Like […]
Time flies
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 […]
Things we learned today
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, […]
and the adventure begins…..
We have arrived in Mui Wo, a small fishing village on an island suburb of Hong Kong. Our Airbnb is cute (read small) but it did come with two bikes which we have already made good use of!
Adventures in midlife
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, […]
Asian Detour 