Will Travel with Toddlers

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?)…

March 14, 2021

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…

February 28, 2021

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…

February 28, 2021

…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.

July 25, 2016

Hanoi in Photos (Hanoi, Vietnam).

I think our short stop to Hanoi is best presented in photos. Hanoi is bustling, chaotic, strange and lovely…

July 8, 2016

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.

July 8, 2016

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…

July 5, 2016