So today started much like all of the others have. Get up, get dressed, pack our bags, eat a buffet breakfast with too many croissants and meet our guide and van. Today we were heading to the southern part of Sri Lanka and doing some white water rafting on the say. It was supposed to be a 90 min ride to the white water rafting, but as with everything in the van it turned into 2.5 hours. And all 2.5 hours were on windy, hilly roads. The roads are meant to be 2 car, but only wide enough for 1.5 cars so the driver is forced to hit the brakes with EVERY vehicle we pass. And of course honk. We finally made it to the rafting guide and it starts raining. But what better to do ... read more

So our trip is over and we wanted to share a few things we will miss and not miss about Vietnam, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. Miss- Srping Rolls Cinnamon Ice Cream to die for Almost daily Massages Near death experiences driving down the roads (at least in our eyes) endless laughing an farting at inapproiate times. bad television Firendly happy people Lynn waving at all of them The food Not Miss Chub Rub to the extreme, sweating from every peice of your body and places you didn't know you could sweat Bouncing in a van for hours on end Guides' bad jokes Chinese tourist groups totaling 50+ all with selfie sticks and yelling at each other Selfie sticks in general Lynns ability to always pick the slowest line at the airports. Looking at 2 naked fat ... read more

We had quite the relaxing morning. We did not have to meet our guide, Vijitha until 10:30. Lynn was up first and got ready and walked down to the beach. Chester and Kirsten got ready soon after and went straight to breakfast. We were all ready for the visit to the Elephant Orphanage. Well, the 90 minute drive took 2.5 hours. Yikes. We are in a nice van, however the roads are brutal once you drive into the interior of the country. We took side, dirt roads that were all under construction because of drainage issues. The Elephant Orphanage was pretty cool. They have over 80 rescued elephants of all ages. We saw the older ones walking around eating, saw the ones that have behavior and aggression issues chained up to trees, and then we got ... read more

We were kind of hoping to sleep in one of the days, but it wasn’t today. Lynn was up early for 6:15 Tai Chi on the deck. Kirsten and Chester stayed in the room sleeping. At 7:45 we got a call from the crew because they were worried that we hadn’t been up for a light breakfast yet. they are determined to make sure we get fatter. So we dragged ourselves up to the dining room for a very light breakfast of fruit and muffins. Today’s excursion was to a floating village in the Bay. One could kayak or take a small row boat paddled by a local to view the village. Lynn took to the row boat and Kirsten and Chester kayaked. Of course Kirsten and Chester didn’t even make it to the village, they ... read more

Today we started out in Hanoi, a new city with a new guide. Same hot as balls weather, except even hotter and if possible more humid. We didn’t think we could sweat as much as we have, but we are. Hanoi is hotter than Saigon and very different in many ways. We were on our city tour by 9 am with our guide, Tang. He was a very nice guide and definitely one who followed the rules and preached the dogma for the political system of Vietnam. Kirsten quickly challenged Tang on a few political issues right away, and he stuck to his guns. Ho Chi Minh was the great leader, Communism is great, that was his story and he was sticking to it. Speaking of Ho Chi Minh, did we mention that we saw him? ... read more