Depending on your age, you may know the capital of Vietnam as Sài Gòn, which is what many of the locals still call their city. Up until 1975, the entire world called it Saigon, when it was then renamed Hồ…
Bats in Battambang
With only 13 days in Cambodia (why, oh why didn’t we plan more time there!?), Jon and I wanted to visit another city in addition to Siem Reap. Not wanting to spend an entire day traveling to and from another…
36 Hours in Belize City
During our time in Belize, many people told us to skip Belize City and head for one of the more interesting and friendly places in the country. We heard rumors of how unsafe it was and that there was nothing…
Casa Na Bolom: Museum of the Lacandon
In Mayan, the word “bolom” means jaguar. Frans and Gertrude Blom chose this name both to honor the jaguar found in the jungle and as a play on words of their own last name. Casa Na Bolom was created to…