While in Hanoi I started to think about how certain cities in Asia just seem to be a certain color. Not every city I have been to has a color, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) doesn’t really have a dominant color. Sometimes the color is found in the cultural dress of the people, sometimes i

  Winter afternoon at the wall While I recover from wrist surgery which makes typing difficult… here is a short slide show of Mutianyu. Next time, pictures of the home I stayed in, which would be a lovely home for a family visit to the Great Wall (and it is available for overnig

Image Source: Hanoi Lantern Shop by * etoile, on Flickr I am planning my trip to Hanoi and Ho Chi Mihn City next week. I can’t wait to find a few hours to wander the streets, eat some food and enjoy a few minutes between meetings. This trip,again, is just the Vagabond Mom but I

So, I get it. You get on the plane, you are stuck in a tube of metal flying a million (okay probably 30,000 feet) above sea level and you get tired, cranky and the food,if served at all stinks. But, why the attitude? Those who know and love me will all tell you I have not been blessed

Today I am getting set for another trip to the Great Wall of China, this time near Mutianyu and a stay with my co-workers at my boss’s converted Chinese farm house. We will be working for a few days and then climbing the wall. I think this will be my 9th or 10th visit to the wal