Traveling on a budget meant that we skipped on some of the luxuries that we would normally indulge in on shorter trips. For the most part our sacrifices were in the entertainment category –…
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People watching is one of my favorite activities wherever I am – at home or traveling. In my opinion, it’s totally underrated as “a thing to do”. Sergey doesn’t really agree with me –…
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Floating markets are kind of a thing across much of Southeast Asia. Some functioning, some totally manufactured for tourist consumption, either way floating markets are emblematic of the region where water byways were the…
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Vietnam was a country that I was apprehensive about before our arrival. Reading travel blogs and listening to other travelers, it seemed there were quite a bit of negatives stories about being scammed by…
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STATS Days on the road: 365 Number of beds: 14 Countries visited: Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Turkey Postcards sent: 10 Beautiful Mount Ushba, Svaneti, Georgia Thoughts Wow. It’s been a year since we…
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STATS Days on the road: 305Number of beds: 13Countries visited: Vietnam, Russia (16 hrs!), GeorgiaPostcards sent: 0 THOUGHTS It’s been about two weeks since we left southeast Asia for Europe. Its strange – even though we’ve…
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Flying over fascinating bits of the globe — Himalayas, Afghanistan, and the Aral Sea on our way from Hanoi to Moscow. Cheers!…
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Spending the last day in Vietnam at our beloved Cong Caphe in Hanoi. Feels really weird to say that this is our last day in Asia!…
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Our first real sleeper bus in the 9.5 months of travel! Pretty exciting stuff. Actually we were quite pleased with Vietnam sleeper bus — plenty of leg room, wifi, toilet, and the driver didn’t…
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Wrapping up our week in Hoi An with a bike ride in the countryside, aka the road to the An Bang beach.…
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Saying goodbye to the gorgeous Pacific Ocean for now. We chilled out at An Bang beach in Hoi An which surprised us with a number of locals and expats, pretty nice atmosphere, and terrible…
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Made to measure is the thing in Hoi An. No one had to twist our arms into getting a couple of things made. Here’s Jenia at one of the multiple fittings we’ve had in…
