Archive for the ‘Vietnam’ Blogs


Landscape

Not So Boring Highway 1

We’ve read that the cycling between Hoi An and Quy Nhon along Highway 1 is “really boring”. My thought as I read that was: “Are ...
Son My Memorial

Son My Memorial

Today we visited the Son My (My Lai) Memorial. It commemorates the massacres that took place in this area on March 16th 1968 during ...
Wheel

Just Rolling With It

As we were cycling today, the day after the whole tube drama, one of the spokes on the wheel we replaced in Bangkok snapped. We ...
Tires

Crappy Tubes

After many days lounging in Hoi An we decided it was time to go. As we loaded our panniers onto the bikes, we noticed that ...
Thank You for the Suggestions

Thank You for the Suggestions

A little while ago we posted about needing to find a way to make some money. Many of you sent in suggestions. The wonderful Janet ...
Need to do some brainstormin’

Need to do some brainstormin’

With the exception of comments from other unemployed folk, our feeler was pretty much met with almost deafening silence. So, were going to have ...
Hoi An

Beautiful Hoi An

The forecast for the area around and to the South of Hoi An had been and continues ...
And we’re off

A Year Ago Today

A year ago today we put the last few pieces of our stuff in storage, ...
Another Kind of Travel

Another Kind of Travel

We were in a small town, trying to buy bananas from a street vendor, when Binh, a teacher with perfect English, stopped to translate for ...
Cyclist’s Guide to Surviving Vietnam

Cyclist’s Guide to Surviving Vietnam

Cycling in Vietnam is not for the faint of heart. It’s chaotic, busy and loud. It is pure mayhem. If you’re going to brave these ...
Cheap, Cheap. What Five Dollars Can Get You in Hue

Cheap, Cheap. What Five Dollars Can Get You in Hue

We were watching a movie in our hotel room on a cold, rainy night in Hue when we suddenly got very hungry. So Spiros decided ...
Out of Tranquility and Into Mayhem

Out of Tranquility and Into Mayhem

There were very noticeable changes as soon as we crossed the border into Vietnam. The chorus of “Saybadees” was replaced by “Hello, how are ...