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...
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...
During our birthdays we have booked a stay in a fancy hotel called Hard Rock Hotel Penang. It is a fancy hotel located in the beach area of the island Batu Ferringhi. Alena is in charge of bookings and she spent some time investigating the hotels.
To compare we have spent about 3k sek for 1 mon...
It is called Amanville and it suits the needs of the 1y.o baby quite well. Of course it is targetting children which are older, but there is still plenty to do with 1y.o. The entrance for the infants is free (I am not sure till how old, because the person just looked at Alisa and said "FREE"). The...
We spend a lot of time in the malls in Georgetown (there are many), because it is hot outside from around 12 to 3-4pm. Malls have a lot of space, many different thing to do (besides shopping) and it is cool (fresh, sometimes too cool).
What i have noticed spending so much time in the malls is the...
We have a car here in Malaysia for the whole period of of our stay. It only costs 4000 sek (approx) for 1 month + 2000 sek deposit in case I do some damage to it. When we picked up the car at the airport they were very thorough to point out to me every scratch on the car even the smallest one which...
Internet in Thailand was a problem, but then we needed it purely for social interactions. In Malaysia we need Internet for more business purposes. Alena is using a lot of traffic for conference calls and video communications.
The house we stay in has internet connection so we were not worried abo...