31 Mar 2015 10 Comments
25 Countries in 12 Months? Good Luck with That!
I was talking to a friend the other day. She pointed out that I had not written anything about what, exactly, my plans were for traveling the world, only that I was doing it.
I feel silly. Stupid. Completely missed the boat.
So thanks, Julie, for helping me write my next blog post!
But what can anyone say who has a nebulous, grand, visionary plan to slow-travel—vagabond, really—across the globe for months on end? How concrete can a year-long adventure really be months before departure, if at all?
Still, the point is well taken. Surely I must have some idea of where I’d like to go, right?
Sort of, I guess. Okay, yeah.
While I still have a while to purge, prepare, and pack before I depart, I am collecting information on places I want to investigate further to see if they will make my final list of where in the world to go.
My general itinerary at this point is incredibly ambitious. It includes the following regions of the planet: Keep reading!
05 Dec 2016 14 Comments
Amazing, Wondrous, Unexpected Vietnam
It is April 2016. I leave the overwhelming heat of Cambodia by cruising down the Mekong River on a comfortable yet noisy speedboat for three hours and head into the just-as-overwhelming heat of Vietnam. At least it is cooler on the river. The boat pulls to the shore in the middle of nowhere. We step off the boat and trek a few dozen yards to a little ramshackle building tucked into the jungle where a tiny Cambodian man in a tiny hut stamps our exit visas. We walk another few dozen yards up the bank of the river and get our Vietnam visas checked and stamped by a tiny Vietnamese man in a tiny hut, who spends his entire day checking and stamping visas in the middle of the jungle.
We all pile back onto the boat, and a couple of hours later I check into the Floating Hotel in Chau Doc, Vietnam. Right away I meet Steven, the owner of the hotel. Steven is Vietnamese and lived in California for many years before returning to Vietnam in 2003. He has become a successful business owner, having opened the Floating Hotel, two restaurants, and a large tour company, among other ventures.
As we chat, one topic of conversation leads to another, and I end up agreeing to Continue reading
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by Vagabond Queen in Around the world, freelance travel, Long-term travel, Mekong Delta, Mekong River, RTW travel, Solo female travel, Southeast Asia, Travel blog, vagabonding, Vietnam, Wanderlust, World travel Tags: Vietnam