To preface this: as an expat, you probably shouldn’t ride a motorbike in Vietnam. If you’ve never been on a motorbike before, you absolutely should not attempt to ride a motorbike in Vietnam. I had never ridden a motorbike. So – I decided to try and learn how to ride a motorcycle in Vietnam. It couldn’t …
I’m going to start off by telling you that we did not like Lebanese coffee. Excited At First After Vietnamese coffee being such a dream (we’d almost return just for the coffee- though there are plenty of other reasons as well) we were excited to try other regional coffees. We had read that Lebanese coffee …
We had two weeks to discover Weligama Sri Lanka. Weligama, which means “sandy village” in Sinhalese, is a sleepy town on the southern coast of Sri Lanka in the Matara district. Popular for surfing, fishing, and relaxing – Weligama is a quintessential Sri Lankan beach town. Disover Weligama Sri Lanka Weligama Sri Lanka When …
With our morning spent hiking through the ancient Cedars of God, we now turned our attention and thoughts further down the Qadisha Valley. Our short stay in Lebanon only gave us a few days to spend in the mountain village of Bcharre and we wanted to make the best of it. As much as would …
During our time in Vietnam, we traveled through Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, and Cat Ba. We got to try a pretty wide array of the local cuisine, and while the list of indigenous foods is far more extensive than what we got to try, we found that we did get a nice sample of the …
Upon our arrival to our Airbnb in Beirut, our host introduced us to his father and sister, and offered us watermelon and coffee. When he took us inside of our little studio nearby he showed us that he had stocked the fridge with bread/pita, cheese, beer, juice, and pastries. Needless to say, we didn’t need …