Yum: Hanoi’s Addictive Street Food
Oh boy, where do I begin? Northern Vietnam had hands down my favorite cuisine of the 20+ countries we visited over the past year (note: I do not feel it would be fair to include Italy in the running for ...
Cat Ba Island: Taking the Plunge
With our time in Vietnam running a bit short, and having gotten our exposure to the countryside and mountains on our motorbiking trip, and to city life with a few days in Hanoi, we decided what was missing was some ...
Motorbiking in Northeastern Vietnam
Before visiting Southeast Asia, we weren't big motorbiking enthusiasts; in fact, Claudia's motorbiking experience consisted entirely of a few anxiety-ridden hours in Europe many years ago, and mine consisted of crashing a small toy bike into a fence in Portland, ...
Video Dump 6: Southeast Asia
Hello and welcome to our sixth and likely final video dump. This one covers our time in Southeast Asia: Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Enjoy!
First, here are two more videos of the election night celebration in Mandalay, Myanmar:
Next, a Thingyan (New Years celebration / water fight) stage in Yangon:
And now, a "graduation" party we came across where some novice Buddhist monks were celebrating finishing their time at the monastery:
A few seconds of peace with a butterfly patch in a field in northern Laos:
The Vietnamese love their caged birds, and here's one with a unique skill:
Finally, here's some fodder for the pub quiz: Hanoi has the world's largest ceramic mosaic. Here's a section of it (with bonus motorbikes and assorted street traffic):
Weekly Twitter Updates
- We are never moving again. We'll just have to buy up neighboring units until our condo is the size we want it! #
- We escaped the 100 degree weather in Southeast Asia only to come back to DC, where the heat index puts us at 110 for the forseeable future! #
- Dude picked up canned food from his storage unit while drinking vodka& asked if he'll get locked up for having an empty bottle. Missed u DC! #
- Holy crap we missed our apartment! So great to be back home. Living out of a bag didn't bother us too much but having a home is wonderful. #
- Its great to be back home w friends & able to unpack! Excited to play tourist in DC & explore all the places that opened since we left. #
- Leaving Amsterdam on a jet plane. See you in T-10, DC! #
- One year ago today we left DC for our RTW trip. Today we're heading back home all smiles. Looking forward to being back in DC! #
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- Sat. night in #Vienna danced to Peter Kruder (of Kruder & Dorfmeister)'s DJ set @ Danube Island Music Festival, thought of @theBrownBlazer #
- Sad abt loss of #LonesomeGeorge 100yr-old Galapagos tortoise, last of his species http://t.co/lxvwkjNF http://t.co/1mJgTyyA #LonesomeNoMore #
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