VIETNAM: HANOI AND HALONG BAY

Landing in Noi Ban airport (Hanoi, Vietnam), we felt more prepared for a new country this time. Mostly in terms of understanding the logistical side:

VISA – we knew…

GOODBYE INDIA, HELLO HONG KONG

After our last night in India, we flew out from New Dehli airport for a five-hour flight to Hong Kong, where we were scheduled to stay for 72 hours….

MAKING FRIENDS IN KERALA

Three weeks have flown by and we can hardly believe we only have a week left in India to explore the final state we'll see this trip: Kerala. This part of India is perhaps most famous for the beaches and its backwaters (a series of lagoons and lakes which some people describe as the Venice of the East although I suspect the people that do this haven't actually been to Venice).