Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Author: Brynn

  • Days 33-35: Hot Child In the City

    We have been back in Hanoi for the last three days but will thankfully be leaving tonight. Don’t get me wrong I’ve enjoyed Hanoi and all it’s chaos but it’s time to get out of the city. It’s just too damn hot and I just wasn’t built for heat. I…

  • Day 30-32: Rock the CatBa

    Since our passports are tied up with the Indian embassy until Monday morning we’ve been pretty much stuck in Hanoi. Instead of sweating it out in the city we decided to join our new frienda, Melissa and Hannah on a three day two night tour to HaLong Bay.HaLong bay is…

  • Tip: The Cost of Traveling in China

    We spent a lot of time budgeting our money for this trip and a lot Iof the times it was really difficult to find up to date or accurate information. Fortunately though we ended up coming in more or less exactly on budget. Some cities we were over and others we…

  • Day 28&29: Hectic Hanoi

    We arrived in Hanoi Sunday in the late afternoon and were immediately impressed by the chaos. We’ve spent a lot of time in Asia and have seen a lot of traffic and big crowds of people but nothing quite like this. Hanoi is a whole new kind of beast. We…

  • Tip: Overlanding from Hong Kong to Hanoi via Shenzhen and Pingxiang

    I wrote a post earlier about setting up this part of the trip but for those of you trying to do something similar here is the rest of the story. We had already purchased our tickets on the overnight bus from Shenzhen to Pingxiang so all that remained was to…

  • Day 24 & 25: Fooled by the Haze

    Hong Kong while it’s still an Asian city has been very much westernized through it’s century of British rule. So much so that it was easy to be fooled into thinking we weren’t in Asia anymore. The city is cleaner and more efficient than any of the other cities in…

  • Day 23: Hot Kong

    After a long day of traveling on Tuesday we took it pretty easy yesterday. We unfortunately had to set out early in order to get our visas straightened out. After only 15 minutes though at the consulate we were all set. We didn’t really have anything planned as we had…

  • Tip: Overlanding From China to Hong Kong to Vietnam

    Disclaimer: this post is boring. I’m only writing it for other travelers trying to do the same thing or similar to us as it was not east finding this info online. We unfortunately had to fly from Shanghai to Shenzhen because all of the trains from Shanghai to Hong Kong…