When FOMO Met YOLO
Bali, land of deep, resonant culture, jaw dropping natural splendor, and breathtaking coral extravaganzas. Also, land of wellness centers, yoga retreats, and invasive tourists. Getting the one without the other is a challenge, happily accepted.…
This will be our last post from Vietnam. We hadn’t even planned on visiting Ho Chi Minh City (or Sài Gòn, as the locals still call it). Hội An was supposed to be our last…
We had one last road trip in us before leaving for Indonesia. The Imperial City of Huế was a convenient three-and-a-half hour bus ride from Hội Án, and an easy decision. A provincial capital since…
Hội Án’s arts and crafts scene is completely different than Hà Nội’s. Hà Nội presents as a typical capital city, collating handicrafts from all over Vietnam, while Hội Án offers a more local perspective and…
After our visit to Cát Bà and Hạ Long Bay, we took one more excursion from Hà Nội. We visited the mountainous northern region of Sa Pa, home to the Mountain Hmong, with a side…
It will not shock you to learn that Vietnam has a rich, deep culture of making beautiful things, and that those things are well represented in Hà Nói. From the 36 Streets to craft villages…
Hà Nói is a capital city, and has the allotment of high quality museums you’d expect as a result. From fine art to historical to ethnographic, Hà Nói has it all. So let’s go museuming.…
Shopping is an experience, and one of our favorites, but it’s hardly the only way to engage with culture wherever we are. There’s performance, generally of some historically culturally relevant art forms, like the Apsara…
Getting out of Cambodia was surprisingly pleasant. First, when we’d dashed through the Siem Reap airport on arrival, after 30+ hours of travel, I think our eyes were too crusted over to properly appreciate how…
Two days before our departure to Vietnam we have one last adventure: a visit to Kulen Mountain. We’ve pushed it so far back in our schedule because it has the potential to be the most…