After moving abroad in July 2014, I started compiling monthly roundup posts about life as an expat in Southeast Asia and all the nitty gritty that goes on behind the scenes here at Travel Lush. Check out my most recent monthly roundup posts June, July and Sept/Oct/Nov. For me, writing is just something that comes naturally. If I’m not…
I’ve officially lived in Ho Chi Minh City for a full year. Man, how time flies. I actually moved to HCMC (aka Saigon) on Christmas Day last year. I remember the moment so clearly it’s hard to believe it was over a year ago. Aaron and I had just hopped off a red-eye from Beijing,…
After moving abroad in July 2014, I started compiling monthly roundup posts about life as an expat in Southeast Asia and all the nitty gritty that goes on behind the scenes here at Travel Lush. Check out my most recent monthly roundup posts May, June, and July. I’ve kind of dropped the ball lately. In terms of blogging, I mean….
Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon) is a daunting destination for first-time visitors. Not only is this place massive – it has an estimated population of 12-13 million – but it’s chaotic and frenetic. On top of that, it’s not always easy to get information about what to actually do in this city. When I…
After moving abroad in July 2014, I started compiling monthly roundup posts about life as an expat in Southeast Asia and all the nitty gritty that goes on behind the scenes here at Travel Lush. Check out my most recent monthly roundup posts May, June, and July. If you read my last monthly roundup post, you’ll know that the month…
I’m just going to come right out and say it – being a vegetarian in Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon) rocks. Sometimes traveling as a vegetarian in Southeast Asia can be brutal, but that’s not in the case in Saigon. Thanks to Vietnam’s sizeable Buddhist population, there are tons of vegetarian restaurants in Ho…
After moving abroad in July 2014, I started compiling monthly roundup posts about life as an expat in Southeast Asia and all the nitty gritty that goes on behind the scenes here at Travel Lush. Check out my most recent monthly roundup posts April, May, and June. The month of July was full of highs and very…
*Note: I visited Kuta Lombok again in February 2019, following the devastating earthquakes that hit Lombok in the summer of 2018. I’m happy to report it’s business as usual in Kuta. I love Kuta Lombok. I didn’t think I would but that beautiful little corner of the world totally managed to steal my heart. I’d…
Despite the fact that I’d visited Bali five times in the past five years and lived in Jakarta I’d somehow never traveled to mainland Lombok before. I’d tinkered with the idea of visiting Kuta, Lombok (not to be mistaken for the party town of Kuta, Bali), once or twice but I always figured it was solely a…
After moving abroad in July 2014, I started compiling monthly roundup posts about life as an expat in Southeast Asia and all the nitty gritty that goes on behind the scenes here at Travel Lush. Check out my most recent monthly roundup posts March, April, and May. This is going to sound weird, but I was really nervous about…