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Wat Arun: Bangkok’s Temple of Dawn

Wat Arun: Bangkok’s Temple of Dawn

by mcgarveysan | Dec 31, 2020 | Bangkok, Destinations, SE Asia, Thailand

Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan, known locally as Wat Chaeng, is at its best in the early morning. Visit before the temple gets too crowded. It’s such a beautiful and serene place, even amongst crowds, but it’s sure better with some breathing space. Where...
Lopburi Monkey Temple: Visit this treasure!

Lopburi Monkey Temple: Visit this treasure!

by mcgarveysan | Nov 10, 2020 | Bangkok, SE Asia, Thailand

Lopburi Monkey Temple equals Monkeys!  What’s not to love about catching a train out of Bangkok, seeing new sights and visiting macaques monkeys? Who doesn’t love monkeys??? Traveling to the Monkey Temple Traveling to Lopburi Monkey Temple is actually...
Vietnamese Drivers and  how to cross the street

Vietnamese Drivers and how to cross the street

by mcgarveysan | May 14, 2020 | Destinations, Hanoi, SE Asia, Vietnam

Vietnamese drivers! Let me tell you, we were forewarned. Noelle here, by the way. We read many a blog post, travel book advisory, news articles and Reddit posts too, and they all had one theme in common, beware the Vietnamese drivers! How to cross the street in...
The Dogs of Vietnam & why I love them

The Dogs of Vietnam & why I love them

by mcgarveysan | Mar 31, 2020 | Coronavirus, Destinations, Hanoi, SE Asia, Vietnam

The dogs of Vietnam stole my heart (Noelle here). Maybe in part because of the uncertainty of the Covid 19 pandemic, I am really missing Buddy. Little dogs are such amazing friends and indeed they’re great therapy. As the doors and shops shuttered around us in...
Returning to the United States from South East Asia

Returning to the United States from South East Asia

by mcgarveysan | Mar 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, Destinations, Hanoi, SE Asia, Vietnam

It’s challenging to write about returning to the United States from South East Asia. The feelings are intense and close to the surface. We’re locked in a house in Colorado, separated from our family, just like many of you. Just keeping it real When we started writing...
Level 4 Global Advisory – Health scare woes

Level 4 Global Advisory – Health scare woes

by mcgarveysan | Mar 26, 2020 | Coronavirus, Destinations, Hanoi, SE Asia, Vietnam

What should we do when the US State Departments issues a Level 4 Global Health Advisory? Ignore it? Heed it? It’s been hard to ignore the decreasing number of tourists in Hanoi. The streets are becoming more and more empty. HanoiNearly empty compared to one week...
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