Mango sticky rice is our favorite dessert in Thailand. The sweet coconut milk poured over slow cooked rice with fresh mango sounds so wrong but tastes so right.
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The Time I Was Semi-Vegetarian For The Day
The tour guide stood up in our 20 person van and asked a simple question, “Is anyone here a vegetarian?” All I had to do was sit there. Keep my hand down and sit quietly. But I like vegetables… I like veggies a lot. When in doubt I always go for the vegetarian meal. Especially in […]
RTW – A Wild Dream or A Strategic Purpose?
Everyone that travels around the world can talk about the catalyst that pushed them over the edge. Whether it was a career change, lost job, mid-life crisis or insistent curiosity about what is beyond your front door. Most trips start as a wild dream. An irrational thought that maybe you could live an unconventional life. It starts […]
I Wanted to Prove Nomadic Matt Wrong
Three Weeks. Saigon to Hanoi is a long distance to travel in three weeks, so I thought. We had traveled through Thailand and savored their curries and delicious fruit, biked through Laos meeting the friendliest people and visited the sights of Cambodia before heading to Vietnam. Travelers had warned us to watch out for scammers […]
Sunday Morning Coffee: A Busy Week
After four months of travel in Asia, we spent the last week getting a whole lot done before we leave for our next continent. First on the agenda was to add pages to Caroline’s passport. According to the US State Dept, Namibia could use up to 6 full pages of your passport. I can’t imagine […]
Foto Friday: Dog in Floating Village
We’ve hesitated about getting a dog while living in a city apartment. I can’t image how this guy feels on a floating village in Halong Bay, Vietnam!
Lions and Tigers and Bears…OH MY!
So, I am not sure about the Tigers and Bears…But I know there will be Lions! And cheetahs and leopards and rhinos and elephants and hippos and… We leave for Africa in 2 weeks! We have booked our 4×4, planned out our first week through Botswana and are still trying to figure out what we […]
4,000 Islands but No ATM
They weren’t kidding when they said there were no ATMs on the islands. My optimism lead me to believe, “There is no way that for the amount of tourism on the island they still dont have an ATM.” The Bolaven Plateau, which wasn’t supposed to have any ATMs seemed to have them every 10 km. […]
How to Order Food in a Foreign Language
I previously wrote about what to do when you are picking a restaurant and don’t speak the language. I outlined rules such as looking for photos and where the locals are eating. While some of these apply, what happens if you are in a new city and are at a restaurant where there are no […]
Sunday Morning Coffee: Bangkok Edition
Our trip to Vietnam came to an unceremonious end yesterday (late shuttles, cockroaches, and overcharges for carry-on baggage) and we are back in Bangkok for three weeks before we leave for South Africa! We have great internet at Lub d allowing us to do lots of planning and preparing before we jump into a 4×4 and drive […]
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