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February – March 2024
  • Shalee Gherbaz
Michael and I are off to Vietnam for 3, weeks!!!! Ho Chi Minh City - Hoi An - Da Nang - Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City Read more
  • Shalee Gherbaz

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  • Shalee GherbazTravelerVietnam!!!!!
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    Old Village Guided Tour

    February 29, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    We've spent the last 3 hours exploring the old town with a tour guide in a group of 6. The guide was Tom, and he does these walking tours to better his English. A few mistranslations here and there hahah but he was relatively understandable.

    The old town is very pretty, with a mix of Chinese, Japanese and French Architecture. We learnt about the old towns architecture, went into a cultural house, saw a few museums on textiles and trades, watched a traditional dance and music performance show, etc.

    The old bridge that many come to see is under restoration so all boarded up and broken down, but good to learn about. I also had a delicious cold herbal tea that is only found here in Hoi An. It's made of lemongrass, cinnamon and a range of other healthy herbs, and honey. So delicious and only 18k per cup.    Read more

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    Indian for Lunch!

    February 29, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    We decided to switch it up a bit for lunch and go to an Indian Restaurant. We went to Maazi, which is right around the corner from the tailor (which we have to quickly visit before going to our leather workshop to make an adjustment on one of my items). Beautiful Indian food. The naan was just like being back in India, with the rich scent and actual pieces of garlic and with drool worthy butter. The butter chicken was so satiating and even had a little bite to it, which was a refreshing change from Australian butter chicken. I had the vege pakora as my main meal, and it was full of hidden surprises and sauces. Very tasty and satiating meal to get us through the rest of the day! Drinks as usual were refreshing and tasty.Read more

  • Shalee GherbazTravelerVietnam!!!!!
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    Blue Lotus Leather Workshop!

    February 29, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Michael and I have spent the afternoon at Blue Lotus Leather, where we have made wallets from scratch! The Vietnamese leather workers assisted us in selecting an item and the leather we wanted to use, cutting the pattern, glueing, sewing, hammering rivets, and putting it all together! It was a labour of love and we both came out with great results! Michael even had his podcast logo engraved onto his wallet! Something really fun and unique to do, and Michael was a natural given he'd already started playing with leatherwork at home.Read more

  • Shalee GherbazTravelerVietnam!!!!!

    Mamma Mia! Italian in Hoi An

    February 29, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    I was so mentally famished from today's shenanigans that I desperately needed carbs. So, with the help of trusty google maps, I found an Italian Restaurant called Good Morning Vietnam with good reviews 150m from the leather workshop. It was PACKED with people, and we nabbed the last table left.

    Thinking that a medium pizza would be a small 4 piece pizza like we are used to, we ordered a medium margarita, a medium Hawaiian, and an entree carbonara for extra carbs. The mediums weren't so medium LOL! These were normal sized pizzas. And they were DIVINE. Super SUPER thin bases, with enough topping to satiate but not too much to overwhelm. Same with the carbonara. It was LIGHT, delicate and DELISH. Yummiest Italian that I have had in a long time, and one of the best margs I have ever eaten (the basil was so flavoursome and aromatic on this pizza it truly shone).

    Michael finally had his first dud drink of the vacation (a banana smoothie with very average flavour). At the end of the meal when they bought out the cheque, they bought out 2 shots of green liquid. Dumb me (thinking this was a palette cleanser) took a sip.... LIMONCELLO 😭😭😭 my sobriety was very unpleased by this discovery (as was my tastebuds because ew) given I have been sober for almost a year now. Alas, I had the tiniest sip unknowingly, so to me, it doesn't count, and I will continue on with my sober lifestyle!!!    Read more

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    Quick breakfast before heading to My Son

    March 1, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Got dropped off at our shuttle bus pick up point and had a quick cheap breakfast of broken rice from a tiny hole in the wall eatery. Scrummo. Clean plate! Then grabbed a drink for the drive up to My Son. Michael had a banana and peanut butter smoothie, and I had a salted coffee!!!

    There are 3, speciality coffees in Vietnam: salted coffee, coconut coffee, and egg coffee. I generally avoid coffee (despite loving the flavour) as it's bad for my adrenal fatigue, but I swore to try all 3 at least once! Salted coffee is DELISH. Refreshing, creamy, and salty with delicate coffee notes that have just a pinch of tangy bitterness. Given that I adore dipping my french fries in soft serve and like my bacon with cream and maple syrup, I am not remotely surprised that I enjoyed this.

    This morning wasn't without drama though, as I realised when signing up for the shuttle that I'd left my backpack at the eatery 🙊😱 BOLTED back, luckily it was where I left it, and bolted to the bus. Gymnastics sure has improved my cardio because it only took a minute to catch my breath in the bus. Thanks vault warmups, you've saved my bacon!!!    Read more

  • Shalee GherbazTravelerVietnam!!!!!

    Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary

    March 1, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Took a 90 minute shuttle out into the wilderness to visit the Mỹ Sơn sanctuary. Basically, this is a heap of Indian Hindu temple ruins back from the 4th century that were built and occupied by the Champa Kingdom from the 4th Century until the 15th Century when the Vietnamese overthrew this group. They then got lost in the jungle for hundreds of years and were rediscovered by a Frenchman. Then, during the Vietnam war, the Americans bombed the shit out of them. Today are the remaining ruins.

    The ruins are fascinating, and we enjoyed wandering through the jungle. We took the clockwise pathway, which is the opposite direction to all the tours, so we had heaps of ruins and moments to ourselves to explore in peace and quiet. Because we went this direction, we also started from the smaller ruins and moved around the circle as the ruins got grander and grander. Smart way to do it.

    Michael needed to re energise as the heat and direct sun takes the life out of him (poor boy really is a vampire) so we went through pretty quickly taking his heat battery in mind, and spent a decent chunk of time relaxing at a cafe by one of the ruins with a peach smoothie for Michael and a virgin Mojito for me! Very soothing and Michael is back to his energised self.

    Basically, Michael is drained by the heat and sun, and I am drained the second I get hungry. Too long in the sun and not enough food and we start to malfunction and get stroppy. So as long as we accommodate this by having shaded downtime breaks and snacks on hand, we are good to explore! Funny the things you learn when travelling!

    I've done my photos in collages as I have a 10 photo limit on my blog!    Read more

  • Shalee GherbazTravelerVietnam!!!!!

    Bahn Mi for Lunch!

    March 1, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Tasty tasty Bahn Mi for lunch. We've had no issues so far customising these to Michaels carnivore pallette.

    The bread was a little crispy on these, but the fillings were amazing. We have our motorbike day tomorrow so the plan is to grab some Bahn mi tonight to have early for breakfast tomorrow (our hotel room has a fridge).

    Drinks slapped, as usual. Banana Mango Smoothie for Michael, Blueberry juice for myself!    Read more

  • Shalee GherbazTravelerVietnam!!!!!

    The Espresso Station

    March 1, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    We needed to kill an hour whilst waiting to attend the first fitting for our tailored clothes, so our tailor recommended a coffee shop around the corner to visit. It was in a quaint alleyway and we just relaxed with a drink and killed some time. My drink was a sweet pea tea with lemon (it changed colours!!) and Michael had a strawberry lemon lemonade. Michael's was DIVINE, with such an authentically rich strawberry flavour and aroma. Mine was nice and refreshing (more of a health drink hahaha).

    Also, I'm now a bidet Stan. You can't put toilet paper down the toilets here. So, to avoid making everyone miserable if you need to go poopy, you use the bidet, then wipe. I'm converted. Need one in my house.    Read more

  • Shalee GherbazTravelerVietnam!!!!!

    First Fitting at the Tailors!!!

    March 1, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    We've had our first fitting at the tailors. Very impressed so far with where things are at. We need a few adjustments on sizing and length but nothing overly major wrong with anything at all. Will be back tomorrow night for final fittings and hopefully to be able to take it all away!!!!

    Not sharing too much because we want to save some for surprise!!!!    Read more

  • Shalee GherbazTravelerVietnam!!!!!

    Noodle House for dinner

    March 1, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    We went to a Noodle House for dinner to have some traditional Vietnamese soups! Michael had a beef pho and I had hư tiến năm vang (glass noodles with pork, prawns and quail eggs). We also got a chef's tasting plate to try tradition Hoi An spring rolls, white rose dumplings and wontons. Smoothie wise Michael had the house special and I had a tropical.

    Smoothies were sensational. Michael's made my eyes roll into the back of my head 🤣🤣🤣 the tasting plate was also divine, with each special succulent, tasty and unique to what we have ever had before.

    Michael's pho was really bland from a soup perspective (beef and noodles yum) but my soup was SENSATIONAL. God tier. So good. I ended up adding half my soup into Michaels pho to give it a bit of flavour because I felt bad that my food was so superior to his hahahaha!

    Reasonably priced for a restaurant as well ($27 for all). Would definately recommend hư tiến năm vang for anyone visiting Vietnam.    Read more

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