Year: 2014
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Sun Valley 2013
Working on the weekend isn’t so bad when it includes flying to Sun Valley on a private plane! And yes, it’s as comfortable as it looks in the movies… I’m not inclined to participate in uncontrolled snow activities that involve speed (I will have to recount my traumatic ski stories later), so what is…
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World Domination Summit 2014
“I’ve found my Burning Man”, I texted my sister on my third day attending the World Domination Summit (WDS). What is the World Domination Summit? Like Burning Man (which I have never attended), there is no single answer. All kinds of people gather for all kinds of reasons to share all kinds of things.…
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Ha Long Bay, Vietnam 2012
From Hanoi, we took a 3.5 hour tour bus with A Class Tours (aclasscruise.com) to Ha Long Bay in the Gulf of Tonkin. We booked this through our hotel in Saigon, so I did zero research and was keeping my fingers crossed that things would turn out ok. We were on a boat called Opera, named…
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Hanoi, Vietnam 2012
Our hotel balcony looked down over the street. A perfect way to get oriented to the chaos, sitting above it all with a drink in hand. When we were in Saigon, Kailee went out with a group of people and met someone from Hanoi. Through the wonders of Facebook, they were able to reconnect. She…
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Mekong Delta 2012
Mekong Delta: We took a 4 hour bus (for $6) from Ho Chi Min City to Can Tho and then a taxi to Hung’s Homestay. We stayed in little bamboo cabins that hang over the river. A very smiley 5 year old boy was eager to make friends – we played cards out…