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…
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Hanging out in our hotel pool in Hoi An. We really enjoyed our stay at Kiman Hotel, where we stayed for a week. We used the pool every single day – complete delight, particularly…
