Jenia and our friend Nastya learn how to drive a scooter under Sergey’s patient guidance. Don’t worry we wear helmets on the road! it was just particularly hot that day and slow driving makes helmets oh so uncomfortable and itchy.
A motorbike taxi (xe om) is the preferred way of getting around in Vietnam’s cities. We took a xe om in Can Tho at rush hour (a slightly delayed 4 o’clock) 😉 with our CS host Tran. Thoroughly recommend the experience, should cost about 20,000 dong($1) anywhere in the center for this rush of excitement….
Ok, you might have heard that Vientiane, Laos is unremarkable, boring, skippable, meh of a town in the middle of Laos. It’s true to a degree – Vientiane doesn’t quite have the buzzing energy and hipster cafes of Hanoi, nor the shiny skyscrapers, skyline trains, and crazy nightlife of Bangkok. There is no great shopping…
Elephant trekking on Ko Lanta, Thailand.
Made to measure is the thing in Hoi An. No one had to twist our arms into getting a couple of things made. Here’s Jenia at one of the multiple fittings we’ve had in the week that we spent in Hoi An. Ha Na tailor shop, Hoi An.
A panorama view of Budapest from the Castle Hill.
A pit stop in Sam Neau as we wrap up our motorcycle ride from Phonsovan to Vieng Xai, Laos. In the morning, when we were leaving Phonsovan, the manager of our guest house asked us where we were headed – I told him Vieng Xai. The look on his face was not encouraging. His comment…