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Four Days in Hanoi, Vietnam

Four Days in Hanoi, Vietnam

Our first stop in Vietnam was Hanoi, the capital city located in the northern part of the country. We had one night here before heading north to Bac Ha for trekking, and then we returned for 3 more nights post-trek. Our friend Jen, who I grew up with, joined us for two weeks beginning with our second stop in Hanoi. Hanoi is the craziest place we have been, earning this distinction mostly because of it’s insane traffic. Stop lights and traffic lights are…

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One Whirlwind Day in Tokyo

One Whirlwind Day in Tokyo

We arrived in Japan after a longer than expected travel day.  We had imagined arriving at the airport and quickly getting into the city before grabbing some sushi for dinner.  As it turned out we landed around 9:30 and we still had a journey of just over two hours including walking to the train station from our terminal, buying tickets, asking for help since we didn’t understand our tickets, and transferring before getting to our stop.  We finally got to…

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