It has been a few months now since we came back from our last travel - summer vacation in the middle of Europe. Since then we have been sticking to Sweden, settling a little. The weather was beautiful most of the time and we enjoyed time outside.
Kindergarten
In the beginning of August Alisa st...
It has been a while since the last post, but this blog was a mean of communication with friends during our Asian trip, now that the trip is over we don't seem to need it anymore. But the travel life doesn't end!
We were back from Asia around the end of May and in July we went traveling again. This...
I have been thinking today a bit about Vietnam :). My line of thoughts was that Vietnam is experiencing tourism for a few years now (I don't know how many but I would guess at least 10). Tourism will only grow and it is something the government is trying to achieve. My assumption would be that learn...
This is our third time in Vietnam and every time there is some food that I enjoy the most. The first time it was beef Pho, we tried to order it everywhere we go and it is on the menu in almost every place. I couldn't get enough of it. Last time I don't really remember what it was but I know that it...
2 days ago Alisa started going to kindergarten in Vietnam (here in Hoi An). We were thinking about it for a while because we thought that she lacks interaction with other children her age, she usually spends whole day with us or with one of us. So the main goal of a kindergarten was to improve socia...
Your experience of Asia will be amplified if you have a few skills in your possession!
The most useful skill that I found is motorbike riding. You will be able to cover A LOT more ground in no time and save a bunch of money if you rent a motorbike and use it instead of booking cars, buses and ot...
Every 10 meters or so of every main road in Hoi An you can see a big sign with 3 letters S P A! mostly you can get a back massage or foot massage there, sometimes some kind of nail treatment. I don't mind so many spas but what I mind is the quality of service there.
All of those street spas are...
A big think here, in Vietnam, is happy hour. Everywhere you go you see street vendors which come by to you and say 'Happy Hour' now (no matter the time of the day). Of course it sounds a bit fishy and you suspect that the price is not really a 'sale' price. Happy hour is applicable here to anything...
I remember from our last visit to Vietnam that ATMs charge you an amount of money to make a withdrawal, and it is different based on ATM. Just like in Thailand.
The vietnamese cash we brought with us lasted about 4 days :)) we didn't plan to stock on cash for the whole period of time so something...
We have spent 2 weeks in Hoi An but it feels like we only been here for a couple of days. Time flies here quickly and we don't really have any actual plans here, so we just chill
- eat
- sleep
- eat
- ride motorbike
there are a lot of very nice food places with competitive prices and good fo...