Vietnam Bike Tour in Nha Trang

Vietnam Bike Tour in Nha Trang

Hopping off our Princess Cruise in Nha Trang, Vietnam, Rick and I and Ken and Rosealie located Dang from Pham Tours. Whisking us away to the narrow alley of his bike shop, we spotted a man shoveling bread from his oven into a basket. Overwhelmed by the aroma, we...
Two Day Bike Trip on the Mekong River

Two Day Bike Trip on the Mekong River

Planning our own Southeast Asia jaunt, we discovered Sinhbalo Adventures. Cong and his driver picked us up at our hotel in Saigon and stopped to show our daughters how rice grows out in the paddies before we hopped on bikes to pedal the Mekong River. From the dirt...
Back of the Bike Tour

Back of the Bike Tour

We almost missed this amazing tour ! Another one of my fabulous secrets is this Back of the Bike Tour in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Our family had returned from a 3 day bike trip by the Mekong River, literally dragging ourselves into our hotel with 10 minutes to...
Bangkok and Siem Reap Hotel Discoveries

Bangkok and Siem Reap Hotel Discoveries

These were definitive finds and great additions to Carla’s Secrets. Both hotels arranged a free shuttle pickup from the airports for us, offering an iced bottle of water and huge smiles as they brought us to their lodging. Thumbing through an Afar magazine at Barnes...
You Can Be Your Own Tour Guide in Asia

You Can Be Your Own Tour Guide in Asia

With a desire to take the family to Southeast Asia, I began the arduous task of determining if I could assimilate all the information that flows through Google and create a meaningful itinerary for the region on my own. And I did, and you can do it too. I could...
Cooking Classes around the World

Cooking Classes around the World

Sinuoun Khmer Cooking Class – Sihanoukville, Cambodia A tuk-tuk drove us to Sinuoun’s Kitchen down a red clay pitted road past tin roofed concrete huts to an open air second floor complete with an eight burner bar for each of us to cook and prep our food for the...