Kayaking in Halong Bay, Vietnam in my birthday month last year!
Today is my 29th birthday! Yay!
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Eating Dragonfruit in Laos: better than birthday cake?
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And now for a fascinating flashback… exactly one year ago today I was in Mui Ne beach in Vietnam, having a crazy birthday party thrown by strangers. Want the juicy details? Click here!
The author, Lillie Marshall, is National Board Certified Teacher, fitness fan, and mother of two who has been a full-time public school educator since 2003. She launched Around the World “L” Travel and Life Blog in 2009, and over 3.7 million readers have visited this site over the decade. Lillie also runs Teaching Traveling Global Education Community and Drawings Of… Educational Cartoon Site. Subscribe to her monthly newsletter, and follow on social media with the links below!
Noelia
Thursday 22nd of March 2012
I never heard of Dragon Fruit. /:
Koraliz
Sunday 18th of December 2011
Do you do this each year? You did the same thing this year. :)
Lillie
Sunday 18th of December 2011
Yup! :)
John Teehan
Tuesday 6th of December 2011
What is Dragon Fruit? And what does it taste like?
Lillie
Tuesday 6th of December 2011
It's a delicious fruit common in Asia! It kind of tastes like kiwi. There's another photo here: https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/2009/10/13/dragonfruit-road-hellos-and-homework-toiletpaper/ It's so pretty!
Keiana
Sunday 1st of May 2011
Yes, I have to like this site on Facebook. Can you see who likes it?
Lillie
Sunday 1st of May 2011
Indeed I can, but as there are over 1,000 fans now (woo hoo!) sometimes it's hard to scroll through them all :) See you over at http://www.facebook.com/AroundTheWorldL ! :)
Brendan
Sunday 12th of December 2010
I could not kayak in a body of water like that. I'd be too paranoid something would come from underneath me and attack me. :-T