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Today was a long one, mainly because we overslept and started out two hours later than expected, really three but whose counting? Me. I'm counting! We headed toward Hanoi proper and the Travel/Visa Agency around 1pm instead of the planned 10am and it was hot ya'll. Not as hot as it could be but hot enough to have me sweating and mad about it. We arrived 40 minutes later and $10 lighter on this small back alley like street where we proceeded to sweat some more as we tried to l

We are on a "roll" this week and tried "Grain Rolls" which are truly not what you think or at least not what we thought. Hit play to find out what they are! Kat & Amber #WanderingSoup #WanderingSoupTrys #GrainRolls #Hanoi #Vietnam

Quite a skip from Days 17-18 but honestly outside of describing my living room to you and counting the steps from the couch to the bathroom, there isn't much to talk about. We are settling into a routine of sorts, mixed in with bouts of naps. Really good naps. Like naps to write home about but...in the end who wants to read about naps. Speaking of sleeping we had set our alarms to wake up at 5am to catch the IG Battle between Teddy Riley and Babyface on Sunday (our Monday) an

It's been two gloriously quiet and peaceful days here in Hanoi. Although there is some rumblings on the interwebs that we will be going into a full blown quarantine due to the hospital releasing 5000 folks, in the early days of March, who may have possibly come in contact with infected medical personnel. Yea. We are prepared either way, groceries are stocked up though the snack supply mysteriously stays low. I'm not pointing fingers, especially the ones that are still slightl

Two days and we are officially on limited shut down status in Vietnam. All non-essential shops are closed and that includes restaurants, cafes, bars, massage parlors, karaoke clubs, cinemas. Also places of worship can not organize events with large numbers of people, and there is a limit on public gatherings. Essentially work and home only for everyone who can. We did our last deep dive grocery shopping on Friday and today, Saturday, was the first official day of no can do.

We have been in Hanoi, Vietnam since March 13th and to say it's been interesting is an understatement. So interesting that we did an entire video about our initial few days along with why we decided to move here and as such I'm not going to go into to much detail about the first few days. We are now on day 13, almost two whole weeks and it's been a weird hybrid of not stressing to totally stressing in a matter of hours daily. In part because of the pressure being put on us by

Quick video about our experience transitioning from Malaysia to Hanoi, Vietnam during the CoVid-19 pandemic. Watch and Subscribe! #WanderingSoup #CoVid19 #Hanoi #Vietnam #BlackLesbianTravels