After our trip to the States (around the world is less than 30 days) we came back to Asia with yet more travel ahead. There were some friends here from the States that we took out to a village in the province north of us. Coming back from the States raring to go, we decided […]
In the past, we have had meetings or visa runs and been out of the country during the “lively” part of this two week holiday. This year, we were able to stick around and really enjoy it with our local friends. LOTS (and I mean LOTS) of fireworks and firecrackers during the day and seemingly […]
The kids were off school for the past 6 days so we took advantage of the break from school and a break from the daily rain of the past month (it’s rainy season!!) to visit a sister in her home village before she moves to another province to work in the factories. She comes from […]
Last Friday was a hot hot day! We decided to take a drive and look for some water to play in. . . but because of lots of rain, areas that were previously small streams looked more like rivers. It was a beautiful day though with sunshine and blue skies! This is really an amazing […]
The kids had a 3 day holiday from school last week, so we decided to take another trip out. We had a yummy dinner with some AM friends of David’s at their restaurant. It’s called Mao Cai. You pick out the raw veggies/meat/tofu that you want, and they cook it all together in this REALLY […]
We took advantage of a long weekend the kids had off school and travelled out as a fam! The kids and I enjoyed being able to see and do some of what D does when he travels out during the month. We travelled via bus. The first bus ride was just 2 hours. We stayed […]
David LOVES to explore our city on his bike. What’s neat about our city is that it’s so diverse. In a short bike ride you can come across fancy apartment complexes, brand new shopping centers, run down apartments, vacant buildings, poor villages, and beautiful countryside. It’s crazy. Because I love this place and my husband. […]
We celebrated Christmas a little longer this year. . . thankful for friends and open doors!
Yesterday morning, we all headed out the door at bit before 7:00 to catch a taxi to the bus station. At the bus station we caught a bus headed to the countryside and rode about 2 hours, arriving at 9:30. It was an easy ride there with plenty of space (we all had a seat […]
