We intersperse our nomadic lifestyle with occasional bursts of relative geographic “permanence”. When we do settle in (for a bit), we appreciate the relative calm that comes with being still and the process of nesting, creating a space that is…
Keeping up with Ben…
I TRY to keep up with Ben. If you know Ben, then you know that he is a most adaptable creature. For the next chapter of our lives in Viet Nam, he reinvented himself as a bamboo industry guy ~…
Cultural Differences ~ Hoi An, Viet Nam ~ Take 2
We wrote and published this post in November 2016, when we were living in Hoi An, the last time around. Now that we are back in Hoi An, everything we wrote then still has relevance. Here is a re-post of…
Hoi An ~ rev 3.0
“Viet Nam. It grabs you and doesn’t let you go. Once you love it, you love it forever.” Anthony Bourdain. Over 200 episodes of 2 television shows, no country enraptured Anthony Bourdain, (the global, irreverent and adventurous chef), more so…
Saigon ~ Our first 48 hours in Viet Nam…
If you have been following our Green Global Trek for a while now, then you most likely know that we are both enamoured with Viet Nam. Always have been ~ since our first stay and travels here, and it is…
After the stress, comes the bliss…
What’s the solution to dissolving the Sri Lankan related stress? We have a short time before Ben starts his new job. Where in Asia do we want to decompress? Over the past 5 years Bali has been a place that…
Post ISIS attack ~ reinventing ourselves in 6 weeks
The recent catastrophic terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka have had unexpected impact on our own life trajectories. We left Sri Lanka a couple of days before the attacks occurred, for a trip to the U.S. to visit family, and watched…
Panda bears and long noodles ~ Chengdu, China
Global travel on a budget ~ long flights, long layovers… the way we roll: We turn long layovers into “micro vacations”. What can we do in Hong kong in less than 24 hours? What can we do in Chengdu on…