Month: April 2010

Tiger Temple in Chiang Mai

One of the main reasons Sebastien wanted to visit Chiang Mai in northern Thailand was to go to Tiger Temple.  I believe that there are a few places, maybe two, in Thailand called the Tiger Temple.  The one… Read More

A change in plans

For those of you who don’t know, we have had a small change in plans.  Sebastien’s rash and bumps came back after we left Vietnam.  We had gone back to Thailand and initially things got better.  However, after… Read More

Suited and Booted on Le Loi

Le Loi is a street in Hoi An which is known as the tailor capitol of Southeast Asia.  You can find the wealthy tourists and the broke backpackers rooming the streets getting suited and booted within the hundreds… Read More

Halong Bay

It is one of Vietnam’s most treasured sites.  Halong Bay.  The bay includes more than 1500 islands and islets with sky scrapping limestone pillars. We had planned on meeting Jeremy, Seb’s cousin, and his friend Romain in Vietnam… Read More

Riding with the locals

From Nihm Bihn we took the locals bus/van up to Halong Bay.  What an adventure!!!! It was a 4 hour ride with spectacular views and jaw dropping bus behaviors. Here are some of the things I noticed while… Read More

Nihm Bihn River Tour

After spending a day in Hanoi we decided to head to Nihm Bihn before meeting up with Jeremy in Halong Bay. It was about a 3-4 hour van ride from Hanoi to Nihm Bihn.  We stayed at Thuy… Read More

2 Cities, 4 Doctors, 3 Different Diagnosis

Since being in Vietnam Sebastien has had some funky thing growing on his hands and feet.  They look like bumps filled with yellow puss.  Really gross! After a week in Hoi An we became increasingly concerned.  Each day… Read More

A Few Pictures From Halong Bay

I’m sure Tina will write a proper post about our experience in Halong Bay so I won’t tell anything about it. I just want to share a few pix I took with my iPhone. This is snake alcohol…. Read More