On The Road Now

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

Three Years On The Road Now – And Counting…

Melanie gets ready to hit the highway in a vintage motorcycle sidecar — Melanie’s ready to hit the highway in a vintage motorcycle sidecar in Phong Nha, Vietnam

DANANG, VIETNAM – This month marks a milestone for us on our world travels. Three years ago, on June 15, 2017, we bid farewell to our home of 25 years in Western Washington state and set off with one-way tickets to Edinburgh, Scotland intending to travel around the UK for a couple months.

Ten weeks later we hopped back across the water to the U.S. to visit friends and family on the East Coast and the Midwest. Then, after two months in the Seattle area wrapping up some final loose ends, we flew off to Asia.

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June 15, 2020

A short trip to Nha Trang, Vietnam – Photo Gallery

Happy Weekend at the beach in Nha Trang, Vietnam — Workers position a sign declaring a ‘Happy Weekend’ at the beach in Nha Trang

DA NANG – After what seems like ages of lockdown, we’ve been itching to get out on the road again.

Hey… that’s our name, right?

Local travel is starting to open up again in Vietnam and airlines are offering some great deals on flights. So we decided to take a short trip.

Not quite ready (or able) to venture too far afield, we decided to spend a week in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

Located about 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Da Nang, and sharing the same coast, Nha Trang is one of those places we’d heard about but hadn’t got around to visiting yet.

With daytime temperatures hovering near 100 degrees F (37 C) during our stay, we didn’t do a lot of outdoor activities. But we did venture outside our beach-view apartment several times to check out some of the local sights.

Here are a few photos from our trip (click on the thumbnails for a larger view):

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May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

Quest for Beer: Vietnam: What’s in a name?

Huda beer, cool and refreshing in Danang, Vietnam — Huda, my go-to beer in Danang, Vietnam

DANANG, VIETNAM – We’ve sampled a lot of beer since we arrived in Vietnam almost two and a half years ago. Some good, some not so good, and some truly awful…

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April 29, 2020April 28, 2020

New blog post. Where the heck have we been?

Vietnamese fishermen with nets on the beach in Danang — Vietnamese fishermen spread out fishing nets on the beach in Danang

DANANG, VIETNAM – It seems like it’s been months since we last wrote a new blog post.

(checks date – April 29, 2020)

Yes, it has literally been months since our last new post.

Oh sure, if you look at the Facebook feed in the sidebar to the right (scroll down if you’re reading on your phone) you’ll see that we have occasionally posted a photo and short comment there. We’ve also shared various travel-related stories seen elsewhere online.

But a full-fledged post here on our own blog? Not so much.

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February 23, 2020February 23, 2020

Looking for dolphins at Lovina Beach, Bali

A pod of dolphins near Lovina Beach, Bali

LOVINA BEACH, BALI – One of the ‘must-do’ activities during our December trip to Bali was to go on a dolphin tour.

Melanie and I had seen dolphins swimming in the wild before – in the chilly waters around Vancouver Island and the not-so-chilly waters of the Amazon River, where the resident dolphins were pink (yes, really!).

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