Sea snails Just one of the more intriguing street side vendors… cooked on the street corner with lemon grass and spring onions and served with a spicy chili sauce. Utensil used for spearing the snail and extraction, are small metal…
Foodie update ~ fish, eel, crab in Hanoi, Viet Nam
It’s quite obvious that we are going to have a problem writing this blog. It’s going to seem as though we are doing nothing but eating… Well, that in fact may be true, but it’s not our fault. World class…
Hanoi street vignettes, Viet Nam
Hanoi is full of visual surprises. Foot Massage parlors are EVERYWHERE! At about $10 for a 60mn reflexology session, it is hard NOT to have one every day… This building goes to more length than most to distinguish itself from…
Video: First week in Hanoi, Viet Nam
Wish we could integrate smell and taste into the video to give you the full breadth of the Vietnamese experience. But, at least, we provide a video, on the basis that if a picture is worth a thousand words, a…
Early morning exercise in the park leads to a market find ~ Hanoi, Viet Nam
What to do when jetlagged and waking up at 4:30am? Join the locals of course and go for early morning exercise of stretching, yoga, walking etc… in the park around the lake, before the daily heat sets in. These people…
Hanoi Temples and treats ~ Hanoi, Viet Nam
Strolling new pockets of Hanoi’s Old Quarter, enjoying the colorful street scenes… The old quarter is of course only one small section of Hanoi, with other areas quite built up. Surprisingly while we understand Vietnams’ history with French colonialism, we…
Green Global Trek: Indochina
After a fabulous transition from Nicaragua to a new adventure, we had 3 consecutive family visits to bond with family members on the West Coast. L.A. gave us the Sandzer connection, (Jacqueline, Chantal, Sophie and Kenny and Rebecca), Portland our…
Casas Particulares ~ the ONLY way to go in Cuba ~ Holguin, Gibara and Camaguey
When we get off the bus in Holguin from La Habana, a young man with a sign “Benjamin”, awaits us, and takes us to his cousin’s “casa particular”. We usually try to organize accommodation for just the first night of a trip,…