Travel Dates: June 2019 for 1 week Cappadocia is a small region in central Turkey known for its dramatic natural beauty. It brings flocks of tourists from around the world to a very concentrated area in an otherwise vast landscape. There are several small towns in the area but most […]
Travel Dates: March 2018 for 5 days Travel Buddies: Ben + Stacey Located on the central coast of Vietnam, Hoi An is an undeniably charming UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was a Southeast Asia trading port between the 15th and 19th centuries. Unless you’re touring the coast of Vietnam, you’ll […]
Travel Dates: March 2018 for 3 days, 2 nights Travel Buddies: Ben + Stacey Sapa is a hill town in the Hoàng Liên Son Mountains of NW Vietnam, near the China border. While the town itself has seen much tourism-focused development over the years, it is most commonly used as […]
Travel Dates: March 2018 for 3 days, 2 nights Travel Buddies: Ben + Stacey Ha Long Bay (bay of the descending dragon), is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a New 7 Wonders of Nature site. The countless limestone karsts jutting out from the water create an otherworldly landscape that […]
We arrived in Vientiane via minibus from Vang Vieng. The 4 hour ride felt long as it was our 4th minivan ride of this length within 2 weeks in Laos. As far as ways to get around in Laos, we would recommend the minivans. The upside is you get places […]
We arrived in Vang Vieng via minivan from Luang Prabang. The 4-5 hour ride takes you through mountainous terrain that is filled with hairpin turns and potholes. However the bumpy ride is made up for with some of the most beautiful scenery in Laos. Similar to Nong Khiaw, this region […]
Nong Khiaw is a small rural town in the hills of northern Laos. It was the second stop on our Laos trip. For greater context of our trip and decisions to visit Laos, see the first paragraph on our post of Luang Prabang. While the drive from Luang Prabang to […]
Sabaidee from Laos! To physically arrive here from the US required two days of flying, stopping in Seoul, South Korea and Bangkok, Thailand. To mentally arrive here required time traveling to a mystical place seemingly frozen in a complicated past. As Americans, it also required mentally addressing the not so […]