We made the best of 72 hours in Saigon, stuffing ourselves with amazing food and drink and hopping on the newly opened Saigon Metro for a free ride into town. No visit to Saigon is complete without a visit to Spa Gallery, our favorite massage parlor where we enjoyed 90 minute deep tissue massages with…Continue reading Vietnam – Saigon
Category: Asia
Philippines – Anilao
Anilao is famous for its macro diving with a prolific and diverse nudibranch population. In fact, during a 2 week competition called “slugfest”, participants discovered more than 500 unique species of nudibranchs! Since we had newly acquired Olympus TG cameras, we wanted to spend some time here focusing on the little critters. Unfortunately, we timed…Continue reading Philippines – Anilao
Nepal – Kathmandu, Nagarkot, Bandipur, Pokhara & Chitwan
Our first visit to Nepal was in 2004 and we wanted to revisit it to see how much had changed in 20 years. This time, we were accompanied by some of Becky’s Vietnamese relatives so it was an adventure for the 5 of us. Our bespoke itinerary coincided with Dashain which is Nepal’s biggest festival.…Continue reading Nepal – Kathmandu, Nagarkot, Bandipur, Pokhara & Chitwan
Vietnam – Saigon
Our time in Vietnam was spent entirely in Saigon. We had briefly considered heading north to see the amazing Ban Gioc waterfall but read that August – October were the best months to visit. The only other attraction that we were keen on seeing was the Golden Bridge at Bana Hills near Da Nang. However,…Continue reading Vietnam – Saigon
Indonesia – Bali
Since Bali has loads of cheap international flights, we used it as our base while traveling in and around Indonesia and Malaysia. We got to know the island pretty well as we hopped in and out over the past several months. Our friends Grace and Kirn joined us for a whirlwind couple of days in…Continue reading Indonesia – Bali