SE Asia
The itinerary changed numerous times, but in the end my wife and I managed to complete the following trip: Seattle > San Francisco > Kauai > Vietnam > Laos > Thailand > Vietnam > San Francisco > Seattle. Over the course of almost two months, numerous flights, lots of bumpy bus rides, cycling thru the [...]
How Much Do You Value Your Life?
Nothing can really prepare you for the streets of Saigon, Vietnam, where crossing the street is truly a risky venture. There really are no rules of the road here. Everything goes. The below video clip was shot with a Canon G9, which was a great back-up camera by the way
Don’t Drink the Water – Floating the Mekong River
The Mighty Mekong. You may never have been there physically, but I bet you could conjure up an image pretty quickly if asked, maybe an exotic land where a thick jungle slips into a slow-moving mystical river, a place where tiny villages are hidden from everyone & everything. Well, toss in a lot of brown, [...]
Mountain Biking Vietnam
Located at an elevation of 4500 ft (1500 meters) Dalat, Vietnam, provides a much needed respite from the searing heat seen elsewhere in the country. It’s a land of rolling hills covered in towering pines, while hidden valleys reveal fields of artichokes and small rice-growing operations. It’s also one of the few spots in Vietnam [...]
You Are What You Eat. Or is it You Eat What You Are…
After maybe a week traveling through the Mekong region and southern coast of Vietnam, I realized something about the food there. It’s all extremely fresh. I mean really fresh, as in it was killed that day (maybe the day prior) or pulled from the garden that morning. It’s kind of funny really, because here we [...]
