Halong Bay, Vietnam

We just returned from a 3-day trip to Halong Bay, Vietnam and it was incredible. We spent our first night on a "junk" boat in the middle of the Bay and last night on Cat Ba Island. We explored caves, did some trekking and biking through a national park, kayaked, ate tasty seafood of all kinds (good thing we're not picky eaters) and enjoyed the endless views of fishing villages and thousands of islands. It's no surprise that this area is also a UNESCO world heritage site. An added bonus was the wonderful people we met from all over the world.

Tonight is our last night in Hanoi, Vietnam and then we are flying to Bangkok for a night before we make the long journey home. As excited as we are to touch base at home, we would love a few more weeks (at least) to explore Asia. I suppose we will just have to come back someday...

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Richard, Ashley and Ben said…

I cannot believe how jealous I am! You guys have pictures of ALL the things from the Travel Channel and Food Network that I look at and think how stinkin' awesome that would be! SWEET! Lucky su su pooties! (baby cuss) Love ya!

January 17, 2008 at 11:19 AM

We recently had family photos taken in the Columbia Gorge by a wonderful couple who travel around the world with their two kids taking pictures. I just love how they turned out!

Cora and the boys

Dave's friends, Scotty, Ryan and Danny, have been taking good care of us this week. We're thinking about asking them to move in long-term! Ryan is currently making us a fancy breakfast and Danny is still trying to find us the perfect Subaru Forrester to purchase.

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Southeast Bolivia is home to the world´s largest salt flats. This amounts to huge expanses of flat land surrounded by snow capped mountains. Big lakes, super dry deserts, and llamas, alpacas and vicuñas everywhere. As you can see from the photos, there are a few interesting things going on here. First, and most notable, is the huge population of flamingos. There are three different species that summer in Bolivia and winter in Chile and Argentina. But what makes it even more interesting is that the salt flats are roughly 14-15,000 feet above sea level. We are way up here. That makes the hills and mountain surrounding the plains almost 20,000 feet. Mt. Everest is less than 30,000 feet. This is home to flamingos? Yep, lots of em.

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