2017 Travels Year In Review

By alantvuong on December 29, 2017

I couldn’t start travelling until almost the middle of 2017 since I was admitted to the hospital in January and ended up staying there almost 2 months. Luckily I healed properly and made it in time for my first trip of the year in May. I managed to squeeze in 4 trips and here is what I did this year:

cruising is always fun

Tampa Bay, USA

For my first trip out of the hospital, I wanted to do a trip within North America just to see how my body would respond to travelling again and being on flights. I chose Tampa because I wanted to relax on a short cruise and see a smaller music festival like Sunset Music Festival. EDC Vegas the last 2 years was really wild and wanted something not as wild and crazy. The cruise was nice and relaxing while the music festival was really fun and exceeded my expectations. Read more here.

eating fried chicken in Tampa

fun times at Sunset Music Festival

Las Vegas, USA

Since I skipped this year’s edition of EDC, I still wanted to go to Vegas because I love this city and wanted to see a few shows on the last long weekend of summer. Thanks to various people and clubs, I got to see Major Lazer, Martin Garrix, The Chainsmokers, Tiesto, and Calvin Harris. Read more here. My long weekend here was so amazing, except I was having major powerchair problems. Read more here.

Vegas is always a great choice

at a night pool party

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

This was the one trip I been looking forward to the most. I had to cancel Vietnam last year due to health issues. This is my birth country and I have been dreaming a return to Vietnam for so long. Lucky I got 3 great travel companions to take me on my dream trip and they did not disappoint. I got to see family in Hanoi, go boating down Ha Long Bay (read more here), eat amazing food, enjoy hot weather in Ho Chi Minh and just overall visit my country. This actually turned out to be one of my favorite trips ever.

loved visiting my home country

visiting family in Hanoi

Hong Kong and Macau

This trip was kind of sudden and booked without much thought because there was a great flight deal online. I knew the weather wouldn’t be hot but was surprised that some of the days while I was there was really cold. The dim sum was amazing as was certain areas of Hong Kong. I even enjoyed visiting the Las Vegas of Asia as Macau had a mini Vegas strip with the same hotels as in Vegas. I even got to gamble a little bit of money too but obviously lost. I had fun but would definitely have to come back during the warmer months.