Fall is here, and we walked home from brunch today; a ride we'd normally take a 12 minute cab or a 30 minute subway took us over an hour walk, but we didn't mind. It rained yesterday but the leaves have already shrunken back to curled, crunchy edges. You know I breathe the biggest sigh of relief when fall arrives. Wanted you all to see Walker's photos from our trip to Maine last year, but I honestly don't recall enough about each specific hike to share details. Instead, I am thinking of how it f…
Look how beautiful! Lucky us, the past two years have help trips to my favorite state: Maine. This year, we stayed farther south, spending lots of family time in Scarborough and Portland. But last year (and yes, we're really over a year late here), we spent a week in Bar Harbor, the quaint island harbor town of my childhood vacations. Like this year, we stopped in Portland for a night to split up the drive, visiting our recurring faves Fore Street, Duck Fat, and Commercial Street shops. We …
Yen Duc village's market and water puppets was the perfect way to round out our time in Vietnam.
I know, I know. This is over a year old, but it's still worth posting, so gracias for your patience. Before arriving at our final destination of our time in Vietnam last May, I was a bit timid. Our boat ride in Bai Tu Long Bay had been a slight disappointment (in the management front, not the view!), and I had purchased an add-on day at a local village from Indochina Junk, the boat company, as they had a partnership with the local village. But when we pulled into Yen Duc Village, my humidity mig…
Bai Tu Long Bay with Indochina Junk gave us one of the best sunrises of our lives.
On Bai Tu Long bay, we cruised with Indochina Junk's Dragon Legend boat.
Is that a book title or something? It sounds familiar. What is not as familiar is the landscape we traversed back from Sapa, where we tried cupping for the first time, met local friends who held our hands as we hiked inches in the mud, hiked down the terraces, with the water buffalo, and took a rope bridge to lunch. Sapa remains one of the most hidden places we've traveled, a misted land of ancient traditions and welcoming souls. As we drove further from the China border back into Vietnam (with …
Lunch at Nam Cang lodge wrapped up our days of hiking in Hoang Lien National Park.
Our hikes through the remote village outside Sapa with Topas Ecolodge guide continued toward our lunch stop!
The Nam Nhiu and Sin Chai villages were the first we hiked to on our Sapa trekking day.
