Day 1 in Vietnam – Hanoi To reach Hanoi cheaply, I had to fly through Singapore. As a result, I didn’t arrive until around 3:00. With limited time in Hanoi, I walked ar[...]

Day 1 in Philippines I flew into Manila around 2:00 and had no problem getting to the Oasis Park Hotel near Paco Park With limited time, I decided to check out Centro Manila by Rez[...]

Recovered from my time in Burma I had nice lunch with crispy rolls and chicken cutlet/curry dish I decided to go to to Palawan for extra day given the flooding that occurred due to[...]

Day 1 in Myanmar What a long day? I left the US late in the afternoon on Thursday aboard a 13 hour flight to Beijing. Once in Beijing, I had to raise through the airport to my conn[...]

Both of these locations can be seen in a day trip from Ulaanbaatar. Terelj National Park When most people think of Mongolia, they often think of the Steppe. Terelj National Park is[...]

Naadam Festival The Naadam Festival is a national festival held from July 11th – 13th. (Most of activities are on 11th and 12th) While the festival is held throughout the cou[...]

Gobi Desert We arrived by 6:30 am (right on-time) into Ulaanbaatar. We walked around on the train station until we found Otgon. The Happy Camel Tour office was across the street. T[...]

Tran-Siberian Railway What an adventure? We boarded the train at 9:35 pm after stumbling around Moscow for 12 hours on no sleep.  The cabin was very small barely fitting four peopl[...]

On the third day of the trip, we drove from Lake Atitlan to Antigua. It took a little over 2 hours to make the trip. Volcan Pacaya The most popular attraction in Antigua is hiking [...]

After a long night, we woke up around 10 and headed down to the lake to take a boat ride to San Pedro. The owner of our hotel recommended checking out San Juan (artsy town) or San [...]