michelleandsteve

Hello! We are back in the city after a wonderful two days on Ha Long Bay which is part of the Gulf of Tonkin. We spent two days and one night on an old fashioned junk boat which was the most luxurious thing Steve and I have ever done and was so much better because we weren't expecting it to be that nice for what we paid for it. There was only one other couple on our cruise. They were from England and we all got along so well. The scenery was indescribable and they fed us so much of the best food we've had the whole time. Our sleeper cabin was really nice as well. We got to hike to the top of a cliff for a good viewpoint, do some swimming, kayak through a ... read more

We have moved up the Vietnam coast to Hoi An. To get here we had to take a 12 hour bus ride on a sleeper bus which was not a fun experience. There are three rows of matchboxes to sleep in and they are stacked two rows high. Cramped to say the least. Then, they had us go to the back row where they had squished 6 of us in 5 beds and there should not have even been beds there because they were half on a utility box of some sort. Steve barely fit but I got to cuddle with a german girl and her twin sister all night(Steve was wishing to trade places I'm sure). To top it off the toilet was broken. They stopped at places to use a ceramic hole in the ... read more

Well, we made it to Vietnam and so far our ecperience has been wonderful. Our hostess at the hotek is the sweetest person I have ever met and really helped us get our bearings here. We arrived in the evening so we went out to dinner and a few cocktails. As we were leaving the restaurant I noticed a little art shop across the street adn I wanted to check it out. Steve and I went in to look around and a gentleman came out to ask us where we were from. When I said America he got very excited and pointed around the corner, there was two other Vietnamese men and a young American sitting around a table enjoying a few Saigon beers. They offered us a chair and the friends of the other guy ... read more

Lovin Siem Reap!! We arrived here in Cambodia yesterday after a long day of travel. We didn know what to expect of Cambodia but iot has so far exceeded all our expectations. After getting through the border crossing(we had to go through with a guide which was a good thing because it was confusing and a bit sketchy if you were alone) We had a noce two hour taxi ride to our hotel in siem Reap. We only pd. $9 a night for the place so I wasn sure what to expect but it is clean, has hot water, comfortable beds and great people. The ride here was so good, we got to see the Cambodian countryside which is covered with rice paddies, little villiages and random cows everywhere picketed out and on the road. The ... read more

Hello all, We have been having a great time in Phuket (pronounced poo-get) hanging on the beach, eating out etc. Yesterday we swam in the Andaman Sea which is part if the Indian Ocean. Steve rented a boogie board and I sat under an umbrella and read for awhile. Early in the morning we went on a safari where we got to ride elephants, meet some monkeys, learn about rice farming, Thai cooking and rubber tapping, went canoeing by a fishing villiage and at the end they served us a fabulous Thai lunch. Overall, it was a great Thai experience and we learned a lot. When we got to meet the elephants they had a soccer goal set up and I played goalie while an elephant kicked a soccer ball at me a few times. The ... read more