Although not my most exciting photo of Nusa Lembongen (after all, Gunung Agung volcano is just to the right and not in the photo), my obsession with clouds makes it one of my favorites. Nusa Lembongen is a small island off of southeast Bali. A lot of surfers pay a visit here but it’s also […]
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Visiting Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum in Hanoi
We had no choice. We were going to have to spend a night in Hanoi even though we had hoped to avoid it. Our Ha Long Bay tour got back in the late afternoon, and we needed to deal with money exchange and the post office before setting out on an overnight train to Sapa. […]
Montage Monday: A Lovely View in Bali
When we set off for the quiet coast of Amed in Bali, we weren’t sure what to expect. Although it is low season, we knew we’d have to bargain hard to afford a decent room and probably wouldn’t get one on the beach. We were blown away when we got a room right across the […]
Hoards of Tourists in Ha Long Bay
Oh Ha Long Bay, so flooded with tourists that you can’t remember what country you’re in, and you suspect that you’re in a huge, floating, raucous college bar. The most popular way to see Ha Long Bay is on a junk boat tour booked from Hanoi. I had read terrible things about it, and if […]
Lingering in Luang Prabang
I never had a desire to go to Southeast Asia. I dreamed of going to Africa years before I ever stepped foot on the continent. Even a year before setting out on my around the world trip, Southeast Asia had never crossed my mind- I was leaning towards South America or Australia/New Zealand for this […]
Charmed by Muang Ngoi Neua, Laos
After my adventurous bus ride from Vietnam to Laos, we got to Muang Khua and just got lucky. A man was heading in his boat to Nong Khiaw and agreed to give us a ride for a cheaper rate than normal. We thought we’d have to stay overnight in this village, so the fact that […]