Saita Traveler

02/11/2023

Minneapolis last night.

02/11/2023

Chicago last night.

02/06/2023

In the USA green Fanta is green apple flavor. In Thailand it’s banana, orange, pineapple. Had to try it. Honestly, not very eventful. But maybe we should get a review from someone that actually likes pop! But it is fun to try funky things when you see them.

02/04/2023

There is a saying over here. If you want to know what SE Asia looks like today you have to go today. Tomorrow it will be different. I never really knew exactly how true this was until now. We were in Bangkok in late September then we came back a few days ago. It’s crazy how much has changed in the 4 months we’ve been away. But it’s still one of my favorite places on earth. Chen Rak Koon Groongtaehp.

02/04/2023

This explains it all. It’s us! Slow travel is definitely our style. Here is a cool article about what it is.

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01/30/2023

After letting the Vietnam experience sink in, here is my general opinion of the place.
Vietnam is fantastic. We both liked it a lot. We’re already talking about the things we want to see when we get back. The people of Vietnam were warm and friendly. There was a lot less pressure from people selling things on the street than there are in other parts of SE Asia. The food was some of the best we’ve had on this entire trip. And not expensive at all. We found a lot of great places to eat in a restaurant for under $2.00 each. As well the history is rich and their national museum was unbelievable.
I personally found the language barrier to be a little more tricky in Vietnam. Not everyone there spoke what I would call clear English. And Vietnamese is a very difficult language to pronounce. A few people tried to help me with pronunciations but I felt like I wasn’t getting any better at it. And unlike other places we’ve visited not all menus had English descriptions.
As well, being there during their new year celebration, Tet, was not something I’d do again. Most of the businesses close during Tet and Vietnamese people go home to visit their families for 10 days or more. A few places stayed open but they all raised their prices 50% or so for the holiday. And even those restaurants were running out of stuff constantly. It made a tricky situation slight more tricky.
But overall, we loved Vietnam. It was an amazing experience and it taught us a lot about being travelers. Every day we are getting better at this. But in reality, Vietnam made our learning easy. It’s a wonderful place full of kind smiling people.

01/28/2023

Todays adventure was a Thai cooking class. Was a blast and we learned a lot. And yummy!

01/27/2023

Chiang Mai is so beautiful.

01/26/2023

Tonight’s menu includes Tum Lady’s Fingernail. Nope, I didn’t try it.

01/26/2023

Chiang Mai is awesomel. Needless to say we love it here. We had our coffee this morning in the beautiful garden next to the coffee shop.

01/24/2023

We’re gonna miss you Vietnam. Tomorrow we’re off to Chiang Mai Thailand.

01/23/2023

It’s the new year now in Vietnam. The year of the cat. Here is a cheesy song from the 70’s about the year of the cat. After reading the lyrics I decided this song is about traveling through Asia and meeting an Asian girl, then staying to be with her. Seems to be a lot of peoples stories around here.

01/21/2023

Just a few days left in Vietnam. We’re going to miss this place. Amazing food, amazing people, amazing energy.

01/19/2023

One of our favorite things to do.