A digital nomad family on a gap year travel adventure
During our third calendar month of full-time travel, our spending normalized a bit over the previous month, mostly due to the facts that we moved around less than in October and that our accommodations were less expensive. We also made a conscious decision to eat …
Today we relocated from a beachside hotel at Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh via Vietnam Airlines. Getting from our hotel to the airport in Da Nang was simple, leveraging what has become our favourite go-to app in Asia: Grab. The flight was uneventful, but …
We decided to stay in a somewhat unconventional location in Hoi An: a small eight-room family-owned hotel called Hoi An Hideaway, which is located at the west end of Cam Nam Island. Our choice of hotel was primarily spurred on by its very reasonable price …
We spent most of last week in Hoi An, which is without a doubt one of the most charming cities in Vietnam. Walking into the old town in Hoi An is like walking into a carnival, no matter the day or time you visit — …
We made it Huế (pronounced “hway”) relatively unscathed after the initial issues with our overnight train being cancelled, and luckily had a smooth early morning plane trip with Vietnam Airlines from Hanoi. We were only in Huế for one full day, but we managed to …
During our second calendar month of full-time travel, our expenses increased significantly over the previous month’s, for a few key reasons: We have been moving from place to place much more in October, which added additional transportation costs (including four extra sets of flights). We …
So last night, the inevitable happened on a year-long trip around the world: our plans were changed for us by circumstances beyond our control. The best laid plans of mice and men, and all… We were scheduled to travel in a soft sleeper car on …
We only spent three days in Hanoi, which was about the right amount of time for us. It’s a busy city, with insane traffic and motorbikes zipping everywhere, which made it very difficult to move around safely with young children. We were glad we had …
We just got back to Hanoi from a fantastic trip around Ha Long Bay with Indochina Junk, which we would highly recommend to all. Our cruise package included a pick up in the old quarter of Hanoi, transportation in a VIP luxury van (not private, …
We arrived in Vietnam last week, and almost immediately after we landed we were on the move again, this time heading out toward Ha Long Bay, a massive body of water peppered with thousands of craggy limestone karsts and islets, each covered in thick jungle. …