Taking six weeks to tour Vietnam from north to south gave us the wonderful opportunity to sample regional specialties everywhere we traveled. To those unfamiliar with Vietnamese cuisine, you are probably imaging bánh mì sandwiches and bowls of noodle soup…
Our arrival in Vietnam was rocky…to say the least. After the worst airplane ride we’ve ever had (to the point where we were holding hands and praying), we finally landed in Hà Nội (hereinafter Hanoi) close to midnight. Obtaining our…
This is part of a series in which I’ll describe our time on tour with Intrepid. For 22 days, we joined the “Cape Town to Vic Falls: Basix” tour, along with three crew members and nine trip mates. One of…
When we travel, I always download the Wikipedia page about the food and drinks in each country, usually called “Peruvian Cuisine” or something similar. I read the article on the bus on the way to a new country and reference…
Aside from the fact that we had to go through Lima to get to the other places in Peru we wanted to visit, we wanted to spend a little bit of time in Lima to explore their food scene. I…