Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Author: Jacob

  • Hoi An – The Emporer’s New Clothes

    After having caught up on some much needed beach time at Hoa’s Place we made our way to Hoi An in an unofficial taxi driven by one of Hoa’s friends. We planned on staying at the same hotel as a couple of new friends so we got dropped off there.…

  • Sidetracked en route to Hoi An

    When we were finally able to leave Hanoi we took an overnight bus to Hue. The bus was a good experience. It was clean and a newer style bus than our previous overnight bus experience in China. I slept well. We arrived in Hue on schedule and were impressed by…

  • Hanoi / Ha Long Bay Recap

    You can easily walk between most places in Hanoi in under 40 minutes but occasionally it is nice to just get in a cab and escape the heat and chaos on the streets and sidewalks. Navigating the city’s Old Quarter on foot can be a little overwhelming because of motorcycle…

  • Shanghizzle

    Shanghai was lots of fun for us. We were able to mesh our schedule with our friends from home who play in the ‘Indie Rock Group – Paper Lions’. It was a great taste of home for us and it was refreshing to see some familiar faces from familiar places.…

  • Memory Lane : Suzhou / Hangzhou

    Suzhou and Hangzhou were both nice and quaint. I think that each of them deserved more time than we gave them. We spent two days in each place which was not enough time to get settled and truly enjoy the cities. If I had to choose one over the other…

  • Memory Lane : Nanjing

    It’s been almost 2 weeks since Nanjing so it is probably about time I caught up on the posts. We learned a lot about Nanjing after we spent some time there. I will admit that I was and still am quite ignorant when it comes to China. Originally we decided…

  • Down Memory Lane: Pingyao / Xian

    It feels like weeks ago but I’m sure it was only days ago that we left Beijing. We had a few options for routes to get to Xian but due to train availability we settled on stopping only in Pingyao. Pingyao was high on our list of places to see…

  • Train Travel in China

    Brynn has already described our journies from city to city but I like to put in my two cents as well. Traveling by train in China is an experience in itself. The adventure begins when you try to buy your first ticket and I imagine it will follow us to…