We got so super lucky on our day trip outside Mandalay! A monk initiation ceremony on full display, so fascinating and so beautiful. Definitely one of (many) highlights from our trip to Myanmar.
Ah the grocery store! Here we are back in Yangon taking a tour of a grocery story on our last day. To be honest, we should have just walked around, it seems most transactions, including for groceries, is done on the street.
Day 2 of epic celebration of Songkran / Pi Mai in Savannakhet, Laos. The main street in town turns into a giant costume / water fight procession and is a sight to behold. Tourists do not get special treatment, its water all around, all day long. Followed by chugs of Lao Lao whiskey or Beer Lao –…
How we spent 37 days in Vietnam, and you can too! Vietnam is deceptively large. We spent five weeks here and still could travel for five more without repeat destinations! Vietnam is very diverse — desert sand dunes give way to high altitude pine forests, urbanites from megapolises wouldn’t look twice at a tourist, while…
Last day on Ko Lanta – beach, beach, and more beach!
The magic hour in LA, California. It’s hard to believe we’ve been back in the US for one year. What’s it been like? Wonderful. We’ve watched close friends get married and have babies. We’ve attended multiple happy hours, dinners, and parties. We’ve set up our house just the way we like, and bonded (again) with…
Taking the Giant Ibis bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Giant Ibis is kind of like Bolt Bus in the US. Full of young professionals, with complimentary water and wifi (which just like on Bolt Bus performs at 100%, 50% of the time :). Now, if Cambodian highways were equivalents of DC-NYC expressway,…