Since our last update we’ve made our way through the south of Vietnam and hopped on a plane to Siem Reap, Cambodia. I never cease to be amazed at how accessible our planet truly is – we managed to literally walk into Ho Chi Minh Airport and buy airline tickets for the next flight right on the spot. The freedom to do this is the reason we’ve been able to plan our trip on the go without a hard set itinerary.

After a short tour of the amazing temples of Angkor Wat, we’ve now taken another short flight over to Bangkok and we look forward to spending the rest of our time in Thailand. Bangkok is a city of 7 million and we were both relieved to find a fantastic neighborhood full of just the right conveniences travelers require. Our first day here was spent today exploring the never-ending weekend market at which you can buy anything from a couch to a pet squirrel.

We’ll continue to write updates when we have a chance.

Mike and Natasha

Hi everyone, just wanted to write a quick update on our travels. We are currently making our way down Vietnam from the North down to the Southern tip before we go through Cambodia to Thailand.

It’s a been a fascinating week of exploring an entirely different world. The culture is so different that our first reaction when we arrived in Hanoi (Vietnam’s capital) was that we could have a great time just sitting in one spot and people watching for days. The way of life is just SO different here.

One of the most interesting experiences we’ve had so far was visiting the Hmong ethnic minority villages in Northern Vietnam. To paint a visual just imagine never-ending hillside rice patties, water buffalos, geese, dogs, pigs, and villagers dressed in traditional clothing all living together. It is truly breathtaking.

Naturally, we are taking more photos than we’ll know what to do with and we can’t wait to share them. We’ll continue to write updates to our blog when we’ll have a chance.

Happy New Year’s!!!!!! Hope you are all doing well.

Mike and Natasha

Woo hooo… some of the shots from our trip are now ready! We had a great time unwinding and checking out the beautiful rocks and landscapes of the Valley of Fire state park. You can probably see why it was given this name… :) Enjoy!

The elephant rock:

A few of the beaver tail cacti were already in bloom:

Relaxing at sunset:

Mike