Author Archives: sarahmck

Well, you’ll finally be done with us after this message, save our inevitable upcoming messages regarding our photos. Our internet connection at home went down a few days ago, so we were able to write from Hong Kong. The second … Continue reading →

We’re in Can Tho in the Mekong Delta today and it’s pretty early and we don’t have much to do, so the cheap internet cafe seemed like a good option. We’ve had a fun first day of our delta tour. … Continue reading →

Well, we’ve had a good time in Saigon, despite the word on the street that it was dull and not worth spending more than a day here. We hired motorbikes with drivers yesterday, which was interesting. I was dead set … Continue reading →

We’re in Cat Ba town on Cat Ba Island, the largest island in Halong Bay in the north of Vietnam. We’re here with a small tour group. We’re writing this message from an internet cafe that advertised itself inside our … Continue reading →

We did our Perfume Pagoda trip today. It involved a two-hour van trip (which was more comfortable than our van trip from Vinh to Hanoi), a one-hour rowboat trip (the boat with four of us in it was paddled by … Continue reading →