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March 26, 2020
Vietnam Family Vacation: Days 3-6, Ha Long Bay and Huế
After a few days exploring Hanoi, we traveled by bus northeast to check out Ha Long Bay, in the Gulf of Tonkin. Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site, home to thousands of small cone-shaped islands set in a blue-green sea…it’s one of the iconic Vietnam vistas you may have seen online.
Ha Long Bay is hardly undiscovered—thousands of tourists were vacationing along with us in the hundreds of boats dotting the bay. Still, it’s a big bay and we were able to see the natural beauty (even in the fog that was present during our entire visit!) while staying overnight on a junk boat with nice cabins. We got out onto the bay on kayaks, stopping to hike through a large cave, then paddled back at dusk to celebrate Christmas Eve with our new friends. Come Christmas day (in case you were wondering, yes Santa did come for those teenage boys…amazing), we toured a gigantic cave then took the long bus ride back to Hanoi where we enjoyed a nice banh mi with the boys in the Old Quarter before meeting with the group to board an overnight train to Huế.
March 21, 2020
Vietnam Family Vacation: Hanoi, Days 1-3
We feel so fortunate to have taken a family vacation to the beautiful and amazing country of Vietnam from Dec. 19 to Jan. 6, before the coronavirus outbreak. We posted iphone pics on instagram during the trip but now we have the time to edit and blog the rest of the images. We hope you enjoy this virtual vacation while stuck at home! We’ll be publishing several posts about our travels to Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Hue, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc island.
When we spoke with friends about our family trip to Vietnam, invariably they asked, “Why Vietnam?” The short answer is that Vietnam is “accessible Asia”. The country’s a manageable size with a pleasant climate (in December). Additionally, there were so many opportunities for adventure—kayaking, motor bike rides (as a passenger), sleeping on a junk boat— that would appeal to our 14 and 16 year old boys. The food was also a draw as we already loved pho, banh mi, bun, and summer rolls…savory, a bit sweet, salty, fresh—it’s a tasty, dynamic and healthy cuisine. And the Vietnamese like their bia hoi (fresh beer), which goes down so nice with all the food. Additionally, of course, our sad shared history with Vietnam—what they call the American War—was a major reason to visit.
February 3, 2020
Greenwich Tent Company and Their Lovely Sperry Tents!
We’ve loved shooting weddings under The Greenwich Tent Company‘s tasteful and beautiful-to-photograph tents for a number of years now. It’s been a wonderful relationship as we’ve worked together to get some pretty amazing weddings published. So, we were thrilled to be featured on their blog last month. They are the area’s exclusive provider of Sperry Tents sailcloth tents (plus they do clear tents and floors too!). And to a person, everyone they’ve sent on-site during the wedding day has been a pleasure…even when the storms come and the sides go down! You can read the interview here to find out a little about our business plus what we love about photographing tented weddings.
