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: February, March and April. Wow, it’s been a minute since I’ve written anything….
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: December, January and February. I think it’s safe to say that March was a pretty rough…
By now the coronavirus has had an impact on us all, including the US, my home country. I’ve been watching what started as a “mystery pneumonia” in China, rapidly make its way around the world for nearly four months now. And it’s a scary thing to watch. That’s mainly because a lot of people weren’t…
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: December and January. As the title suggests, this post is all about the coronavirus, because…
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 Sept/Oct/Nov, Dec/Jan and February. If you read my last monthly roundup post, you’ll remember that…
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…