Even Isabel, who doesn’t particularly like coffee, drank some everywhere we went. The trick here, adding some condensed milk. We had everything from coffee shop coffee to out of the hotel pot. Most noteable was the coconut coffee (made with coconut cream) and egg coffee (made with meringue like egg topping that gets folded in).
We decided posting all the food pictures separately was a better choice. We got to eat so many fantastic and different things, hopefully it makes you hungry! Not pictured, the millions of passion fruit Isabel ate every morning.
It was time we headed south so we hopped on an overnight train out of Ninh Binh and headed to Hoi An. Technically we got off in Hue and then rode a bus for 3 hours but either way we made it. The train was…an experience. The cots are not for people taller than 5’ …
What she really means is, “let’s fly somewhere pretty so we can hike our butts off”. I keep letting myself be fooled but that’s ok because the views and exercise we always do are worth it. The Ha Long Bay excursions were no different. Kayaking in the Bay The first day our guide took us …
After our overnight sleeper bus, we arrived in Sa Pa at 4:30 am and were taken to a hostel to sleep a little longer and store our luggage. We would only be needing small backpacks for this part of the trip. Around 8 am we meet our guide for the next two days, Su May. …
If bussing between places was always this comfortable I wouldn’t bother flying. We just arrived in Sa Pa for some trekking and we took a sleeper bus all the way from Hanoi. It was very comfortable and I am already looking forward to the bus ride back!
One year after booking the tickets and we’re finally sitting on the plane. See you in 14 hours.