16 September 2013 – UlaanBaator, Mongolia
Back to the city, back to wifi, warm showers and comfortable beds, back to civilization, back to UlaanBaator.
Back to the city, back to wifi, warm showers and comfortable beds, back to civilization, back to UlaanBaator.
A taste test of banh mi – a Vietnamese pate / pork / meat deliciousness sandwich — from none other than the Queen of Banh Mi in Hoi An, Vietnam.
Have you ever wondered why Vang Vieng became the party central of Laos? I think there are several good reasons. It’s a midway stop between Vientiane and Luangprabang. It’s pretty damn good looking, but there isn’t much else to do. Except for stare at the beautiful nature, and you know, float down a fast moving…
Day 2 of our motorcycle adventure through northern and central Vietnam. We stayed in Phu Yen to explore the Ta Sua nature reserve by motorbike. Stunning views and plenty of minority villages — we got some pretty hard stares, I suspect not too many Westerners make it this way.
Sergey and I were sitting on the dock, enjoying a nondescript Southeast Asian beer – probably a Cambodian one, since local brands tend to be cheaper. The lakeshore guesthouse camps in Kampot, Cambodia are a backpacker mecca; travelers come down to relax, party, and swap stories. A fellow backpacker put down a Beer Lao next to…
A visit to the Istanbul Archeology Museum is a must – fascinating artifacts dating back 5-6 thousand (!!) years ago, uncovered as recently as a few years ago when the city began construction of Marmaray rail link under the Bosphorous.
For the foreseeable future we are based out of Washington DC, but still intend to travel far and wide, explore closer to home, and pretty much engage any and all wanderlust opportunities that come our way. We recently went away for a cabin weekend, that quintessential American retreat, and it was wonderful. There is something…