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August 29th, 2019 Today is our fifth wedding anniversary!  Brendan and I would NEVER have thought five years ago we would be spending today riding the Vietnam/China border heading to a remote waterfall that is actually the fourth largest border falls in the world (after Niagara, Iguazu, and Victoria).  A lot has changed in five…

August 28th, 2019 There is an amazing waterfall that borders China in northern Vietnam.  I have seen many pictures of Ban Gioc Waterfall and thought we should include this in our trip. We have talked to so many backpackers along the way either going or coming from a place you have been or going.  It’s…

August 27th, 2019 Today we packed our bag, put on some sun screen and started our journey back to Hanoi.  Our scooter ride is the reason I am actually writing my first blog post.  By now we’ve been to many countries with crazy drivers and we’ve also been to many countries with no apparent road…

August 26th, 2019 We had another beautiful day of sunshine to explore Tam Coc.  We got up and had our free breakfast and coffee at the homestay before heading out to Trang An Ecotourism complex.  This was another world heritage site made up of limestone towers, connected by sharp mountain ridges that cover flooded valleys. …

August 25th, 2019 After the awesome free breakfast at our hostel in Hanoi we rented a motorbike and decided to go to Ninh Binh for a couple of nights.  It is a province close to 3 hours away from Hanoi and known as “Halong Bay on Land” and is filled with jutting limestone cliffs, mountains…

August 24th, 2019 We got up early and checked out of our hotel by 7am.  We ate a quick breakfast and then went to the pickup spot for our day cruise.  I felt so lucky because we had the perfect sunshine weather!  It was hot, but that doesn’t matter as much when you’re on a…

August 23rd, 2019 Today we had an amazing day exploring Cat Ba Island from dawn till dusk!  And when I say dawn, I mean like 10am. It felt like we had been going since dawn by the end of the day for sure.  Our hotel came with breakfast and we had a nice coffee and…

August 22nd, 2019 Our day started at 2am when we had to get up for our very early flight to Hanoi.  My Grandad was stationed here during the war at Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base.  I looked it up to find it is now the civilian international airport here in Saigon.  I took a…

August 21, 2019 Today we wandered around the city finding some of the highlights.  We got our first Vietnamese coffee which is very good, and very strong!  Brendan and I both have to add water to any coffee we order here.  It’s a nice change to have real coffee since everywhere else in Asia has…

August 20th, 2019 We got up bright and early and took a shuttle from Phnom Penh, Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam.  It was about a 6-hour journey and when we reached the border we had to carry all of our stuff while we walked across, and then run it through security…