In keeping with my missive of incorporating animal rescue into my travels, I was delighted to pay a visit to Jack’s Cat Cafe in Hoi An, Vietnam. The name of this lovely place is a little misleading; it does serve food and drink, true, but more than that, it is an important rescue organization run by …

Although Hoi An had been one of the places in Vietnam I most wanted to visit, the timing of my trip would put me there during rainy season. I had read online about kneehigh water during October and most blogs warned that it wasn’t worth the trip, so I had originally written it out of …

Apart from its strategic position as a jumping off point for both Sapa and Halong Bay, Hanoi drew my attention for being one of the best places in the world for street food. Erin and I have long bonded over our mutual passion for cheap eats and she was the perfect friend to join my gastronomic …

One of the classic trips from Hanoi is a cruise to Halong Bay, a majestic landscape of limestone karsts and clear green water. I had done exhaustive research on the myriad cruising options and settled on Indochina Junk, a luxury company. Their cruises were pretty pricey but they were one of the few companies sailing …

I spent a little over a week in Hanoi and as a person sensitive to noise, it was pretty rough. Even though I found many things to love about the capital city, sometimes the intensity was just way too much. The motorbikes, the traffic, the noise, the millions of people at every turn. I found myself …

The next morning I roused myself bright and early for my trek. Something that really attracted me to Sapa was the fact that all the trekking guides are women from the minority tribes. It is really unusual to see such matriarchal societies in southeast Asia, and apart from just feeling safer with a woman in …