Category: Travel
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Train Street (Ngõ 224 Lê Duẩn), Hanoi.
While stuck in our 14 day quarantine, we had plenty of time to google and dream of life on the outside. We spent quite a lot of hours researching what we could do in Hanoi and beyond. One of the places that kept popping up as a “must see” in Hanoi was the famous (infamous?)…
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Getting to Vietnam
Getting to Hanoi was an odyssey. The trip involved 36 straight hours of travel followed by 14 days of quarantine. We survived on lollipops, Doritos and iPads. If you have never done a cross Pacific flight with 6 children, well, have you even really lived? Getting to Vietnam during COVID-19 was not easy. Vietnam is…
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Ninh Binh
We arrived in Vietnam just prior to the Tết (Tết Nguyen Đán) holiday. Tết is a Vietnamese holiday which occurs over the first seven days of the Lunar New Year. It is the most important holiday in Vietnamese culture and means “festival of the first morning of the first day.” Most Vietnamese are on holiday…
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…and then there was CHINA (Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai, Hong Kong).
We have just completed our longest and last family trip in Asia: CHINA. We spent ten days touring Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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Hanoi in Photos (Hanoi, Vietnam).
I think our short stop to Hanoi is best presented in photos. Hanoi is bustling, chaotic, strange and lovely…
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Historic Hue (Hue City, Vietnam).
Wow! Every city in Vietnam has been completely different from the last. Each has its own distinct character and beauty.
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The Ancient City of Hoi An (Hoi An, Vietnam).
Our second stop in Vietnam, after Ho Chi Minh City, was Hoi An. Hoi An is similar to Luang Prabang, Laos & Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia in that it is known for its colonial architecture and laid back atmosphere. It was a great stop for us to rewind after sprinting around Ho Chi Minh. We spent…
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Hanging out in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC, Vietnam).
We are currently traveling through Vietnam. Our first stop was Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) and the surrounding area, including the Mekong Delta.
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Pattaya (Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand).
This past weekend we made a trip down to Pattaya. Pattaya is a beach town located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Pattaya is a popular beach resort – attracting over 4 million visitors a year. It is located just over 2 hours outside of Bangkok.
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Coming Home Again (Thank You).
“There is nothing half so pleasant as coming home again…” One month to go. The whirlwind, year-long tour is almost at an end. Although we still have a few trips left I wanted to take a moment from our house hunting and wrapping up to say: Thank you.
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Biking through Bali (Northern Bali and Ubud, Indonesia).
Today we took a bike ride through northern Bali Island, starting at Mount Batur and ending at the Monkey Sanctuary in Ubud.
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Lava in Java (Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia).
We arrived in Yogyakarta via Jakarta. We only spent half a day in Jakarata and did not really see any of the sights but you can’t get to Yogyakarta without first flying through Jakarta or Bali. First impressions: Jakarta is a bigger Bangkok, dirtier in parts, cleaner in parts, slightly cooler weather and lots more…
Will Travel with Toddlers 