Month: March 2015

  • Hanoi Happenings

    Hanoi Happenings

    Meeting new friends is a great way to get to know the local culture….so while in Hanoi, we reached out to a lovely Couchsurfing family and made arrangements to meet up with each other. Hong lives in the “suburbs” of Hanoi with her husband Huy, mother Minh and 12 year old daughter Hang (She was also born…

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  • A Beautiful Vietnamese Performance!

    A Beautiful Vietnamese Performance!

    What do you get when you mix poetry, instruments, and Vietnamese singers? The result is a beautiful traditional art form called Ca tru. The word “Ca” means sing.  When the ladies at our performance sang, I really enjoyed it.  It was interesting because it was sung in a minor key. The singers also hardly opened…

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  • The Streets of Hanoi

    The Streets of Hanoi

    After a short 2 hour flight from Bangkok, we arrived in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam which is located in the north of the country.  With a population of 6.3 million people, it is the second largest city in Vietnam after Ho Chi Minh City in the south (population: 7.3 million). Although a big city, Hanoi…

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  • The Best Thai Foods!

    The Best Thai Foods!

    For the final recipes of our Thai cooking experience, we made two very delicious dishes.  They are deep fried spring rolls and mango with sticky rice!  These are popular in Thailand and we really enjoyed making them almost as much as we loved eating them. 🙂 Spring rolls Filling 100g clear glass noodles (vermicelli noodles…

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  • Thai Chicken Curry

    Thai Chicken Curry

    After some yummy Pad Thai and papaya salad – it was time to prepare the main meal. We were all full, but were still game to make a Thai chicken curry that was delicious and very fragrant with spices. To prepare the dish, we had to do a number of steps. First, we had to…

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