China Beach

Welcome to My Khe Beach, also known as China Beach. China Beach was a place of rest and relaxing for American servicemen at the start of the Vietnam War. It is also the site where the television series China Beach took place. My Khe Beach is in Da Nang, which is central Vietnam. We flew […]

When Is an Upgrade Not an Upgrade

We started planning this trip in December booking flights and accommodations. In January, we reviewed some of our accommodations and decided to upgrade places we were staying in Luang Prabang and Hanoi. In Luang Prabang we switched to a place that was out of town. Sure it was only 15 minutes out of town and […]

It’s Nice to be Back

Sure it’s noisy, chaotic, busy, congested, and has some weird smells, but Hanoi is an amazing city and it’s nice to be back. This is our second time in Hanoi, we were first here in January 2019 with our kids. Hanoi oozes energy, and during the weekend it feels like all 8.5 million people of […]