Hello everyone, we have made it to Sydney, Australia ! We haven’t had internet the last two weeks on the ship so no posts, but hopefully one soon. We’ve done a lot since Singapore. In all honesty though, we are both getting tired of being tourists. Sydney is beautiful but we may not tour it […]
Postcard from Ellen’s Edge
Postcard from Ellen
Hello all who are following us! Wow it’s been over 4 months! We are trying to wrap our heads around Malaysia, but we are getting decision fatigue. I’m also getting food fatigue. Noodles and or rice with every dish!!!!!! I thought I’d list some things I think about and have learned. Malaysia was an add-on […]
Sapa Postcard From Ellen
Prologue Well, we are coming up on 4 months! What’s hard is burnout from making decisions! We are taking more days off, often due to colds, and letting others help plan and set up our activities. We actually don’t travel, as in pack up and move rooms that often. Maybe every 3 days at most. […]
Ninh Binh to Hanoi
Our Joy Nibi hostess booked us rides to our hotel in Hanoi. 500k VND, or less than $20 for a 2 hour ride. As usual, we were pretty much the last ones on, and last off. This means last row. The younger set had the single seats, and were pretty comfy putting them back, lessoning […]
Ho Chi Min City
Saigon is the second largest city we’ve visited so far, behind only Bangkok. It seems we prefer somewhat smaller cities, perhaps from having spent so much time in Saint Paul. At any rate, it took some getting used to, but we were reasonably successful. I’ve already talked about the motorcycles. Traffic, in general, is intense. […]
Postcard from Ellen – Siem Reap Adieu
Postcard from Ellen – January, 2025 Hello everyone, I haven’t been blogging as much this trip. I realized it’s partly because there are so many followers I have been feeling self conscious. But also because, like many of you the craziness around the USA has gotten me very down at times and I wanted the […]
Happy New Year!
By now it’s the 2nd of the new year, and you’re probably waking up. Nonetheless, Happy New Year! We started the evening with a sunset. It just doesn’t ever get boring. There is a tradition here at Journey’s End, that we are all (staff and guests) invited to the landlord’s place across the street for […]
Unhurried Luang Prabang
It doesn’t take long to see why Luang Prabang is both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the most visited tourist spot in Laos. It is one of the mellowest, slow-moving, unrushed places we’ve been. Even the motor scooters take it easy. We landed from our slow cruise down the Mekong and was taken to […]
Northern Thailand Magical Mystery Tour – 9 – Fini
The last day of our magical mystery tour of Northern Thailand. In hindsight, we wish we’d planned a few more days in Chang Mai. It has a nice vibe, and when one discovers a great breakfast place, one doesn’t want to let it go. We opted for VIP tickets in the “Green Bus.” $11 each. […]
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Quick Post Card
You all know how I like Medical visits in foreign Lands! Well this one was for STEVE, not Me! No big deal he tripped a few weeks ago , but his thumb and hand joint keep hurting so we went for an x-ray. As usual, very clean, very quick, very efficient, service, all in English. […]