Sabbatical – Page 5

500 Miles through Vietnam: Buffalo Run Recap

December 12, 2014Filed in: Travel

Well, we are off again! We are now on our way to Cambodia, to explore the historic Angkor Wat temples and get some more sunshine after the Vietnamese rain. While I have no doubt it will also be wonderful, I am definitely sad to be leaving Vietnam. We were only in Vietnam for 2 weeks, but we did so much and had so many amazing adventures. We made fantastic friends, ate delicious food and had some of the most fun of our whole trip.

After enjoying the buzz of city life in Hanoi, we took off on the “Buffalo Run” tour, with a group of 16 other travelers and one crazy Vietnamese guide on a journey to Hoi An in central Vietnam. In 7 days, we covered 500 miles by bus and motorbike; biking, trekking, swimming and exploring along the way. Continue Reading...

Thai Cooking Class + Recipes

December 4, 2014Filed in: Recipes, Reviews, Travel

I have been saying for quite a few posts now how great the cooking class I went to was. So I’m finally here to tell you about it!

I admit, I was a little nervous about signing up for one. In Thailand, there are hundreds and hundreds to choose from. Seriously at the hostel in Chiang Mai, I counted 23 brochures from cooking schools in the tiny area. And that is just the ones that gave brochures to the hostel. Plenty more could be found online. So there were a lot to choose from, how do you know which one is better than others? Continue Reading...

10 Must Have Items – Guest Post: Martha Chartreuse

December 1, 2014Filed in: General

Happy post Thanksgiving everyone! I enjoyed a surprisingly traditional and delicious Thanksgiving meal from an awesome restaurant, Stacked in Koh Samui. Talk about an international holiday – an American meal made by Thai chefs in an Australian owned restaurant! But it was really good food and nice to get a little bit of “home” while beign away.

Hope you all had a great holiday as well!

We are now in Vietnam, joining a tour group today to Ha Long Bay for two nights, then we all go on a weeklong journey down the coast. We will be trekking, biking, motorscootering, seeing the DMZ, staying in a homestay, and all sorts of other adventures along the way until we make it to Hoi An! Fingers crossed the weather clears up – a typhoon just hit that area! Eeks! Continue Reading...