April 9, 2018 - ‘Travel is fatal to ignorance, prejudice, and narrow mindedness ‘ - Mark Twain The world is so very big. After traveling...

April 9, 2018 - This is one of the many caves you can take a rowboat through as part of the Trang An Landscape Complex. There is evidence...

April 8, 2018 - Took a motorbike ride to explore the area. Google maps does not work well here so all we had was a paper map. We...

April 7, 2018 - These are some of the rice fields of Tam Coc Vietnam. We had read this place was beautiful and it does not disappoint The...

April 6, 2018 - A bit of a potpourri of images. This has been a travel day. We traveled 4 hours west of HaLong bay by car Our destination...

April 5, 2018 - We traveled to the coast to do the signature experience here - a cruise around Halong Bay. The tour traveled a set route...

April 4, 2018 - We made it to the coast. This is the top of Poem Mountain which offers this spectacular view of the bay. It was very...

April 3, 2018 - It was our last full day in Hanoi. We wanted to just go for a walk and immerse ourselves in another neighborhood. We read...

April 2, 2018 - Kind of a full day. Started off getting scammed for $20 dollars- so that was fun. Visited a pagoda where Zen Buddhism...

April 2, 2018 - This is the gate to the infamous prison in Hanoi - "The Hanoi Hilton". About one half of the original complex is gone...

April 1, 2018 - Happy Easter from Hanoi. We celebrated the day here at St Joesph’s Cathedral this morning. It is a Neo-gothic style...

March 31, 2018 - We took a walk, after several loads of laundry, around the Old Quarter in Hanoi. We found this city very surprising. ...

March 31, 2018 - Hanoi - A few brief observations. It is 12:30pm local time. We have still not made it out of the hotel since we arrived...

March 29, 2018 - In 1152, after only 37 years of labor the world’s largest religious complex was constructed. After 866 years it is...

March 28, 2018 - From a distance it looks like a pile of rocks. When found by western researchers it was shrouded by dense jungle. They...

March 27, 2018 - “If something profound ain’t happening, at least it feels like it is” - Anthony Bourdain We drove around the periphery...

March 26, 2018 - I love this picture. It looks straight out of a Anthony Bourdain episode. This is the thriving central market in Siem...

March 23, 2018 - This lovely young girl in traditional Thai dress is spinning silk at the Jim Thompson house in Bangkok. The house is a...

March 22, 2018 - If you have ever read any vagabond traveling stories or thought about backpacking in Thailand you will inevitably end...

March 21, 2018 - Such a day! When you travel, every now and then you are gifted with something unexpected and wonderful. We were...