RestlessWanderlust

Once a month Hoi An, Vietnam – and much of Asia – celebrates the full moon with an evening of festivities.  Hoi An’s old town area shuts off any excess lighting and brings out candles and Chinese lanterns that sway in the breeze off of the river and the area becomes a pedestrian only zone.  [...]

I’ve realized in writing my blogs that I am apparently fascinated by how things are made.  Stencils in Laos, weasel coffee in Vietnam and now a blog about silk. On the same tour of the countryside around Dalat, Vietnam that took us for that cup of weasel coffee we also stopped at a small silk [...]

I remember watching a movie that described a coffee made from beans which were eaten by weasels and squirrels, pooped out and then roasted and shipped across the world to be sold to rich idiots for outrageous prices.  I’m assuming your reaction right now is similar to what mine was at the time.  I couldn’t [...]

If I had to describe my travel experiences in as few words as possible I would say that “it’s always an adventure.”  That is a phrase that I am more or less guaranteed to say on any given day that I use transportation here in Asia.  You never know what you’re going to get.  Perhaps [...]

Growing up within easy access to some of America’s most famous National and State Parks and the pristine wilderness of Colorado, I’ll admit, I’m spoiled.  There are times where I go into wilderness areas in foreign countries and just think, “meh, it’s pretty, but it doesn’t compare to what I get to see every day.”  [...]