Ellen and Steve's Excellent Adventure

Welcome to the Ride of Our Live's!

  • Home
  • Activities
    • Beach
    • Blogging
    • Boating
    • Camping
    • Conversation
    • Cruising
    • Event
    • Family
    • Food
    • Friends
    • Learning
    • Health
    • Lodging
    • Peace Corps
    • Planning
    • Point of Interest
    • The Arts
    • Travelling
    • Tutoring
  • Places
    • Atlantic Ocean
    • Bayfield
    • Brazil
    • California
    • Columbia
    • Denmark
    • Door County
    • East Coast
    • Ecuador
    • England
    • France
    • Germany
    • Midwest
    • Netherlands
    • Norway
    • Peru
    • Portugal
    • Saint Paul
    • South Africa
    • Spain
    • Sweden
    • Topanga
    • Western US
    • Wisconsin
  • Postcard from Ellen’s Edge
  • Resources
  • About Us

Sapa

Sapa – Ethnic Villages

March 2, 2025March 1, 2025 Steve 1 Comment Market, Point of Interest, Vietnam

Y Lin Ho, Lao Chai, and Sapa Market Thursday morning arrived and it was a beautiful sunny day. At 9:00 Sece (sp?) showed up for our tour. The driver was none other than Tommy’s brother. Sece is “White” Hmong, and was born and raised in Y Lin Ho. Sapa is the largest city she’s been […]

Continue reading


Fansipan

March 2, 2025March 1, 2025 Steve 1 Comment Point of Interest, Vietnam

We woke up Wednesday morning, looked out the window, and saw something we hadn’t seen in it seems like weeks – blue sky. Shocking as it was, we decided to seize the day and check out Fansipan. Fansipan is the highest mountain in Southeast Asia. Hundreds of years ago, monks built a series of pagodas […]

Continue reading


Sapa Comedy of Errors

March 1, 2025March 1, 2025 Steve 1 Comment Lodging, Point of Interest, Vietnam

We went to bed Sunday night planning on getting up early Tuesday to head off to Sapa in the Northwest mountains of Vietnam. The Women’s Museum of Vietnam was slated for a visit “tomorrow.” At 5:00 a.m. Ellen woke me with the statement “I think we may go to Sapa this morning!” We checked our […]

Continue reading


Sapa Postcard From Ellen

March 1, 2025March 1, 2025 Ellen 1 Comment Conversation, Postcard from Ellen's Edge, Vietnam

Prologue Well, we are coming up on 4 months! What’s hard is burnout from making decisions! We are taking more days off, often due to colds, and letting others help plan and set up our activities.  We actually don’t travel, as in pack up and move rooms that often. Maybe every 3 days at most. […]

Continue reading


Search

Search for:

Subscribe here

Join 98 other subscribers
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • Vigeland Museet og Parken Jul 3, 2016
  • Panama Farewell Jan 7, 2019
  • Studying Spanish in Cuenca, Ecuador May 12, 2015
  • Brat Fry Secrets Revealed Aug 2, 2015
  • Las Lajas Playa Dec 31, 2018
  • And One is Gold May 12, 2025
  • French Polynesia (Tahiti) Apr 30, 2025
  • Blown Away by Auckland Apr 24, 2025
  • Mount Maunganui Apr 19, 2025
  • Sydney Apr 18, 2025
  • Mari on And One is Gold

    Can’t wait to hear all about your amazing adventure in (...)

  • Michael on And One is Gold

    Welcome back, S&E! What an amazing trip. Will there be (...)

  • Debbie on And One is Gold

    Welcome

  • Beth S on And One is Gold

    Love your summary post! Welcome back to the states. Looking (...)

  • Marlene M on And One is Gold

    Can’t wait to see you both! It has been an amazing and (...)

Categories

Archives

Ellen and Steve's Excellent Adventure All rights reserved. Theme by Colorlib Powered by WordPress