Tag Along Travel has visited the following locations in Asia:
China (Hong Kong), India, Japan, Nepal, Singapore, and Taiwan.
If you have a specific question about any of these destinations, contact me.
How to get a SIM card in Bengaluru, India
The first thing we do when we arrive in a new city is to embark upon what we have come to call a “SIM Safari.” We both have unlocked iPhones and if it’s not too costly, we both get a SIM card so that we can use our smartphones just as we would at home. It’s usually easy, but getting a SIM card in India was a challenge. […]
Bengaluru Tag Along Trip: Privilege, meet poverty
Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) is a place in transition. Its rapidly soaring tech industry is rising around the city’s fragile infrastructure and a multitude of citizens living in poverty. My tag along trip with Steve, who was teaching a couple of Scrum.org courses there for a week, was an experience of surreal contrasts. […]
Islandhopping Vietnam Highlights: Mekong to Ho Chi Minh City
The last few days of our Islandhopping tour had us in Ho Chi Minh City for a day, then cruising along the Mekong River and cycling through a few villages along the way. We then moved back to Ho Chi Minh City where our tour ended. […]
Islandhopping tour highlights: Haute Hoi An
Hoi An is known for its romantic, lantern-lit streets, riverside restaurants, and tailor shops that will design made-to-measure clothing at rates and with a turnaround time impossible for a North American to imagine. We were looking forward to this stop on our Islandhopping tour of Vietnam. […]
Islandhopping Vietnam highlights: Historic Hue
Vietnam’s historic Hue (pronounced hu-ay) is located on the banks of the Perfume River and is home to more than 300 temples and pagodas. Thankfully, we did not visit all of them. That would have made for a very long day. As it was, we packed in a lot of activities upon our early morning arrival on a flight from Hanoi. […]
IslandHopping Vietnam tour highlights: Ha Long Bay
In complete contrast to our first stop in bustling Hanoi, Ha Long Bay offered a serene landscape of soaring limestone pillars, calm waters, fascinating caves, and a community of cheery junk boats cruising its inlets. […]
