I have to admit, Mongolia had never really been a destination on my radar. It wasn’t a place I was actively avoiding; rather I’d never read about it as a travel destination, and therefore really knew nothing about it. When … Read More
One of the things I had on my list for this trip was to take the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest rail journey in the world. Begun in 1890, the rail line was designed to serve cities throughout Siberia that were … Read More
WHAT WE DID: Spent one week in Beijing (at a guesthouse off Wangfujing Road, ~3km from The Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square). WHAT WE LIKED: Beijing’s metro was quite good – cheap, clean, easy to navigate, and the trains … Read More
The penny enthusiastically traversed 12 miles of China’s Great Wall:
Naturally, while in China, we had to see the Great Wall. In an effort to escape the crowds, we signed up for two days of hiking with an organization called Beijing Hikers, whose trips tend to move outside of the … Read More
WHAT WE DID: Spent three and a half weeks at guesthouses, aside from a 3-day caving tour: Ho Chi Minh City (5 days) Transit – traveled by bus from HCMC to Dalat (1 day) Dalat (2 days) Transit – bus … Read More
The penny thoroughly enjoyed swimming through caves in central Vietnam, and was an integral part of my birthday celebration in Ha Long Bay:
Another must-see for us in Vietnam was Ha Long Bay, a world heritage site about 180 km east of Hanoi. The resplendent waters of Ha Long Bay burst with some 1,969 limestone islets, some barren and craggy, many others draped … Read More
