Here we go!
2024年2月11日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Rough start to the trip with a six and a half hour visit to DFW.... Had a weather delay which caused me to miss my connection and I think the picture of Luke Combs's twin and the couple behind himもっと詳しく
First Pho
2024年2月14日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
We dropped our bags after landing, did a quick freshen up, and hit the streets. There seems to be some kind of outdoor pho eating establishment every 10 stores and our guy took us to one that he'sもっと詳しく
Ngoc Son Temple
2024年2月15日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
First full day in Hanoi, after breakfast headed straight out to Hoan Kiem Lake to watch the locals do their Tai Chi. Lots of ladies in beautiful dresses taking pictures in front of the decorationsもっと詳しく
Ly Thai To
2024年2月15日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
As Sally and I were walking around Hoan Kiem Lake, I saw a giant statue with lots of landscaping across the street and we had to check it out. Enormous bronze of Ly Thai To, the founder and firstもっと詳しく
Vietnamese Women's Museum
2024年2月15日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We spent over 2 hours in the Vietnamese Women's Museum after our walk around the lake. An inspiring and eye-opening tribute to the resilience, strength, and contributions of women throughout Vietnam'sもっと詳しく
Huong Lien
2024年2月15日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Had my third bowl of Pho in 24 hours at the place where Anthony Bourdain took Obama. Sat with the locals, whose kids practiced their English on us, super cute. My experience in the US is that pho isもっと詳しく
Cha Ca & Night Stroll
2024年2月15日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We did not have pho tonight! Mixed it up and had grilled fish that is served with a pile of fresh dill on a one burner stove in the middle of the table. Very similar idea to the pho though, with bowlsもっと詳しく
Architecture
2024年2月16日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Had my eye open for French influenced architecture, I'm very excited to learn more about this topic. Some examples are easily recognizable, with balconies and French doors that remind me of when theもっと詳しく
Local brewery
2024年2月16日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Sally, Mark, Debbie and I took off after breakfast and hit the lake again today. We took a different way back and got to see more of the neighborhood and met the group back at the hotel at 11 am.もっと詳しく
Rickshaw
2024年2月16日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
My first rickshaw ride! Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and it is really busy at quitting time! These people are so coordinated, I do not understand how there aren't more accidents. Cars, bicycles,もっと詳しく
Market run for host lunch
2024年2月17日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Today we headed to the market to pick up a few things for lunch with a local village family. We broke up into groups and had to pick out what we wanted and conduct the transactions without anyもっと詳しく
Rice paper!
2024年2月17日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Took a ferry to the village of Tho Ha, where the economy consists of rice paper (for spring rolls), rice crackers, and rice whiskey. The mayor met us and walked us through the village to introduce usもっと詳しく
Rice Whiskey
2024年2月17日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
While in Tho Ha we visited a husband and wife team that is responsible for the rice whiskey production in the village. Very simple operation where they cook rice, ferment it, then distill it, veryもっと詳しく
Spring Rolls & lunch with the Mayor
2024年2月17日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
The mayor brought us to his home, where his wife and daughter taught us how to make rice paper for spring rolls by hand. We all had a turn and it was very fun, reminded me of when we made bread at theもっと詳しく
Herbalist
2024年2月17日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
The mayor's next door neighbor is an herbalist, so we made a quick stop there before hitting the ferry. Super nice gentleman, his home is also over 100 years old and he learned herbalism from hisもっと詳しく
Rice crackers!
2024年2月17日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
First stop off the ferry in Tho Ha village was watching a family make giant rice crackers. They make a slurry with the rice in a very manual process to get it into a circle, very much like a crepe.もっと詳しく
Night motorcycle tour - Hanoi
2024年2月18日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Such a thrill physically and sobering, as well. Took a night tour on a vintage Russian Minsk motorcycle and survived to tell the tale. Drove out of the city into the country to see family farms andもっと詳しく
Train Street!
2024年2月18日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
As the motorcycle tour continued, our jovial guide made a stop and told us we would watch a train go by. We proceeded to sit on stools by the track, order beers, and proceeded to talk and enjoyもっと詳しく
Bat Trang Ceramic Village
2024年2月19日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Visited the personal home of a ceramics factory owner on the Red River, whose grandfather was impacted by the land reform program 1953-1956. The program involved confiscating and redistributing landもっと詳しく
Temple of Literature
2024年2月19日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Following the Chinese process of educating the youth to pass the civil service test, this is a temple and place of study. Beautiful, serene, with multiple altars to Confusious and his apostles.
Military Cemetery
2024年2月20日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Nghia Trang Liet sy Gia Lam, 1,480 graves from three wars: French, American, and the Chinese war in the north and the 1980s. The majority are young men who served in these wars, but there's also aもっと詳しく
The Citadel
2024年2月22日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We spent the morning walking around the Citadel in Hue, including the forbidden Purple City, representing the imperial legacy of the Nguyen Dynasty. Constructed in the early 19th century, it served asもっと詳しく
Barely Nod Nunnery
2024年2月22日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Enjoyed a vegan lunch at a local Buddhist nunnery and chatted with a 55-year-old woman who has been here since she was 16. Four nuns live here full time, and several other locals work there to helpもっと詳しく
Craft beer in Hue
2024年2月22日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Hot hot day today, went for a walkabout and stumbled upon not only a craft brew house, but they had IPA! Super nice local guy to chat with and rest our feet after a morning exploring the Citadel. Theyもっと詳しく
Minh Tu Orphanage
2024年2月22日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Wow, amazing energy in this place. Buddhist nuns and other staff take care of a little over 167 orphans in a beautiful part of the outskirts of Hue. Majority of the children range in age from a fewもっと詳しく























































































































































































