Posts in Category: Asia
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Da Nang – Where North Meets South in Vietnam
This is my fourth post from the 2023 Adventures Abroad tour of Vietnam which Alison and I did as part of a three country tour that also included Laos and Cambodia. In the last post we departed Hanoi and headed into the countryside where we learned how to plant rice and make spring rolls. In […]
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Tam Coc – Exploring Vietnam’s Red River Delta
This is my third post from the 2023 visit to Vietnam with Adventures Abroad. In the second post we spent several days exploring Hanoi, a city of over five million, and learned how to maneuver through its bustling streets without getting hit by one of the ubiquitous motorcycles that keep a tourist on their toes […]
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Hanoi – Touring Vietnam’s Capital City
In my first post from Vietnam I gave a general overview of the country and fourteen highlights of the tour with Adventures Abroad. In this post I’ll start getting into specifics starting with the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi which is where our tour began after all but one of us on the Laos tour arrived […]
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Vietnam with Adventures Abroad
This is my first post of many to come from our 2023 trip to Vietnam with Adventures Abroad. Alison and I did this trip in conjunction with visits to Laos and Cambodia as well, but you can also do it as stand alone trip. We spent the first nine days of the trip in Laos […]
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Vientiane – Laos’ Surprising Capital City
In the last post from our trip to Laos with Adventures Abroad we visited the mysterious Plain of Jars and learned about the aerial bombardment the area endured during the Vietnam War that still has repercussions to this day. In this post I’m going to consolidate the last two days of the trip into one […]
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Plain of Jars – Laos’ Greatest Mystery
In this post we’ll visit one of Laos’ three UNESCO World Heritage Sites and the scene of one of the world’s most intriguing archaeological mysteries, the Plain of Jars. Nobody knows who built the stone monuments that resemble gigantic jars or why they built them, but everyone who visits this remote place comes away with […]
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Hmong and Khmu Villages in Laos
In this post we move on from the small, historic city of Luang Prabang where we began this Adventures Abroad tour of Laos. We spent three days there, concluding with a cruise on the Mekong River yesterday. Our destination for the end of today is another small city, Phonsavan which will be our base for […]
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Mekong River Cruise
This is my third post from the city of Luang Prabang in northern Laos, our first stop on this Adventures Abroad tour of this exotic country. In the first post we visited some of the temples that have made Luang Prabang one of the great centres of Buddhism in southeast Asia and in the second […]
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Alms Giving in Luang Prabang
This is my second post from the Laotian World Heritage Site of Luang Prabang on the Adventures Abroad tour of Laos. In the first post we visited four of the most important Buddhist temple complexes in the city. In this post we are going to become more than just gawking tourists and become active participants […]