We're home!!!

Got home 24 hours ago to our cozy house and crazy kitten! It feels so good! Tonight we went to see Coldplay ! The show was amazing and we stood and danced the entire time. They gave out wristbands that lit up in different colors to the beat of many songs. It looked cool and encouraged cheering :) We ran into Karen and Kyle!

This will be the last post until our next trip. Thank you so much to everyone who followed us on our honeymoon and sent kind words and love to us. We love getting comments and hearing news from home!

Thank you also to the many friends and family who contributed to our Honeyfund. You gave us a lifelong gift of shared experiences and memories. We are so grateful.

Love,
Jen & Christian

Coming home

We are sad to be at the end of our adventure but also excited to come home and think about all the adventures to come. We have 5 airports, 4 flights, 3 layovers, 2 happy travelers and 1 long journey home.

See you all soon!

Happy hour... again

So, whenever I check my watch, it's happy hour again. Weird. What you see here is an 'orange basil' and a 'passion fruit spicy'. 2 of the house specialties. We have thoroughly checked them for quality. Yup, they are good. Thanks Karen and Matt P!!

Oh, here is a picture of another bunk mate.

Bunk mate

Look at our new friend spidey. I told him we would prefer it if he sleeps out on the balcony.

Good Morning!

We just said goodbye to the sun over here in SE Asia. Passing it along to you guys! Enjoy your day :)

Sea Spa

We just enjoyed a pedicure and foot massage. Ahhhhhh.....

Rain?

Well, there was a little rain. But as you can see in the picture, it was waaaaaay over there, not above us! We stood in the ocean while the sun set.

Nothing

That's what we did today! Well, actually we had a huge breakfast, sat on the beach, got massages, ate a meat lovers pizza and sat on the beach some more. Heh heh. Love it!

Check out our outdoor bathroom! It's so lovely to take a shower in the sun with water from our rooftop solar heated water barrel.

Phou Quoc

We just arrived in what might be the greatest place on earth. To cap off our last month of amazing and occasionally gritty travel, the next 5 days will be spent at the Mango Bay resort. Google it if you have the time. It is an Eco resort and it quiet luxurious. We are both a bit weary from being on the road and a bit tired of the commotion of Vietnam's larger cities. We have been looking forward to this time, in this place since we began planning the honeymoon. Thank you to all of our wonderful and generous friends who helped to make his experience possible. We will surely be sending more pictures of this beautiful place.

Halong Bay

Hey-o! In the past 24 hours we drove to Halong Bay. It is a beautiful bay famous for its striking tall islands that jut high out of the water. Most have caves inside and we got to visit a big one! Many thanks to Brian and Jana for our boat trip!!! It was so beautiful!

We also swam in the jellyfish infested waters, kayaked, spent the night on Cat Ba Island and guess what else? We ate! Thank you to Drew, Christine, Aaron and Colleen for our super fun kayaking adventure. We pretended we were in the Olympics. USA vs Vietnam Vs Australia Vs England!!!

A cockroach got stuck in my shoe when we were eating dinner last night, but you kind of get used to that :)

Doesn't this fish look yummy? It's funny that our guide Tuan always has to help us dismantle the whole fish. None of us know how to do it!

Tuan is in the photo with Christian (white shirts) if you can't figure that one out :)

We are now back in Hanoi and heading out to the last dinner with our group. Kind of sad :(

Busy day

Hey y'all. We had a busy day filled with Hanoi goodness yesterday. Noodles for breakfast, then an electric cart tour around the small yet busy Old Quarter. We had lunch (you saw the video). We took in a water puppet show, and covered as much ground as we could in one sweaty day.

A big thank you to Paul, Christine, Lindsey and Kim for this crazy and entertaining day!

Lunch spot in Hanoi

We had a great lunch today at this place. BBQ fish, squid, tomato stuffed with meat, fried tofu, cabbage stuffed with meat, morning glory, beef and peas, and rice of course!

We made it to Hanoi!

Our northern most city on the trip. Life starts very early every day here. We walked from the train station to our hotel at 5:55 a.m. and everyone was awake. Exercising in the street, working, eating noodles, etc. Our hotel has a young cat! She likes Christian.

Here are some pics of the Hue train station.

Today we go see lots of stuff around town.....stay tuned!

Motorbikes

Cruising through Hue.

Oh yeah...

Here is a dumb little video of the Bahn Mi place.

Perhaps the best sandwich in the world

Roadside food shops are everywhere throughout Asia. But with a little help from our pal Anthony Bourdain, we found the best one of all on the streets of Hoi An. A Bahn Mi is a fusion of French and Vietnamese flavors. So what you see in the of the following: a crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside baguette filled with pâté, pork, tomato, cucumber, onion, cilantro, green onion, chili sauce, mayonnaise AND a fried egg! Goodness! It is a symphony in a sandwich! All that for a dollar each. I wish we could transport all of you here to try one.

I miss milk

Just eating some Oreos and thinking that cold skim milk sounds soooooo good!

Hue

Pronounced "hway." That's where we are now. So nice to move to a fun new location! We just visited the Imperial City. An interesting mix of beautifully restored royal palaces and bombed (non-restored) buildings.

Here are a few photos :)

Old Town

Hoi An is a world heritage site and was a major international port during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Know what that means? Lots of old buildings and old pottery that came from traders all over the globe.

We stopped in several protected buildings during the day. Many of which double as museums or community centers. Many thanks to Rick and Randi, and Lee Ann for an educational and fun day!