team symbiosis

22 days.
11 buses, 3 trains, 2 ferries, 0 planes.
106 hours in transit, 4492 km, approximately 5238 pages of novel.
20 packets of toilet paper, 1 large box of wet wipes, and endless bowls of pho…

This was our Vietnam. Continue reading →

So it’s been a while since the last up date, and since then we’ve travelled hundreds of miles visiting Hoi An, Hue, Hanoi, Cat Ba Island, Halong Bay, and Nam Cat.. I think it’s time for an update.

Since Jana has been gifted with the ability to write beautifully captivating and humorous articles and, well, I have a camera..?

Well now it’s time for a change! Today I’m “Caption” Nelson (har har). Here’s Hoi An to Halong through a one eyed monster…

Hoi An

On our way to a cooking class on a private island. Continue reading →

Just got back from a candlelit dinner alongside the canal, squatting on tiny wooden tables and chairs heartily shoveling ‘ban xeo’ into our mouths, and gazing into the hazy purple glow of hundreds of colourful, silk lanterns. Welcome to Hoi An, the beautiful, romanticized version of South East Asia that we all dream of. However, these easy days of cafe-lounging and beer sipping, were precipitated by something a lot more gruesome, tiring, and intoxicated. Let’s recap. Continue reading →

We made it. After our laborious journey through customs, getting stranded in Singapore, and finally getting off that plane, we made it. Welcome to hot, steamy Saigon. 

This place feels like Asia. It is a living, breathing mass of people, smells, and scooters. And we loved it. So much so, we got a scooter of our own, and ripped around all day, hustling through back alleys doubling as fruit markets, passing through decrepit but colorful neighbourhoods, and smiling at everyone as we got caught up in the lovely, tangled mess of it all. What a ride.

SAIGON Top 5:
- The food: shoving my face into a bowl of Pho Bo and launching into a Vietnamese pancake. Everything tastes good here.
- Racing around on the back of a scooter, laughing, (screaming), taking it all in. 
- Crossing the road. Okay, not so exciting in your town, but it appears jay walking into oncoming traffic us a national pastime…
- People watching. With cafes abounding on every corner and coffee to die for, sitting hopped up on caffeine and counting rice hats is an ideal afternoon unto itself.
- The nightlife. Shouting people, skeezy neon lights, and a city that never sleeps. Weee.

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Hop, skip, and jump past the two days of salt water, seafood, and sand dunes that was Mui Ne, and here we are in its sister partytown, Nha Trang. Let the fire spinning begin…