Alexa Frongillo
  • on Travel
    • RY Travel Log
      • Mexico
      • Colombia
      • Peru
      • Chile
      • Malaysia
      • Japan
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
      • Spain
      • Portugal
      • Morocco
      • South Africa
    • RY Reflections
      • Year-End
      • Midway
      • Packing for a Year
      • About Remote Year (RY)
    • US Road Trips
    • My Favorites
  • on Wellness
    • My Post Concussion Syndrome Story
    • My Post Concussion Timeline
  • on People
  • on Me
  • IG
  • YT
Select Page
  • Walking to work...
  • K's Coffee- Dog Cafe
  • Furry friends
  • Too bad you smelled like pee
  • Phuc Tue Center- school/orphanage for children with disabilities
  • Phuc Tue Center
  • Boss lady with handbag shows us how it's done
  • Phuc Tue Center
  • Corner of my street
  • Workspace
  • Trivia Night at Snug Pub
  • Street scenes: lady prepping pineapple for the day
  • Streets scenes: ladies prepping chickens for....?
  • Street scenes: ladies prepping veggies
  • Morning around Hoàn Kiếm Lake
  • Laughing class
  • My new friends after laughing class
  • Exercise classes filled the sidewalks
  • Had to capture the only green in the whole city center
  • The Last Supper (note tiny stools and table)
  • Coconut ice cream ftw
  • Transition day theme: fruit attire. 'Quick, act like your fruit'

  • Swan Boats on Thahn Nien, Hanoi
  • Taking a pause from peddling to take it in
  • We named ours Gertie
  • A motorbike buying fruit from a lady on the side of the road, classic transaction
  • Fruit tasting (durian, rambutan, pomelo, langsat, mangosteen, jackfruit, lychee, plum, dragonfruit, can you guess which is which?)
  • Locals making pho on the street
  • A man and his chicken skewers (note his posture)
  • A peek into Phuong's beautiful home in Thai Nguyen
  • Dinner spot in Thai Nguyen
  • NOMS
  • Tem Dao National Park
  • It's a man's world
  • You could say I was happy to be in nature
  • Phuong and I
  • Enjoying the cool water with Anh (to balance the 100 degree weather)
  • Locals hangout for the day, like we would have a cookout by the river
  • Green tea fields of Thai Nguyen
  • Lunch at a local home
  • The entire chicken in different bowls and pieces
  • "Touch my magic touch-and-feel word book"
  • Yeah, not even close
  • Lau Kem at Fanny Ice Cream

  • Fascinated by the layers of signs and windows on building fronts
  • Royal City, Hanoi
  • Royal City Mall ice skating
  • My occasionally quiet street
  • A couch in Vietnam
  • Apartment this month
  • Typical local selling fruit on her bike
  • Cozy workspace for the day
  • Train Street pre-train
  • Train Street pre-train, post table clearing
  • Train Street with train!
  • Pearl Museum at a rest stop...with a view
  • All aboard
  • Room for the night aboard Signature cruises, Ha Long Bay
  • I'm sorry but where's the rest of this?
  • Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
  • I'm flying!
  • Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
  • Floating fishing village in the bay
  • Kayaking through the village
  • One of the floating houses
  • Houseboats
  • A view from the kayak
  • Squad (making hearts with our fingers)
  • Sunset progress pic
  • Sunset progress pic
  • Sunset final product...not too shabby
  • Parea
  • Tai Chi to start the day
  • There are worse backdrops
  • Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
  • Sandbeach, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
  • Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
  • Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
  • Drone footage of the bay
  • Drone footage of the bay
  • What a weekend...

  • Street scenes and blue sky!
  • View from my balcony
  • Local market
  • Workspace this month
  • Hoàn Kiếm Lake
  • Temple of Jade Mountain (Đền Ngọc Sơn), Hanoi
  • Đền Ngọc Sơn
  • Street scenes with friends
  • Beer street by day
  • Beer Street, Hanoi
  • Sadhu Vegetarian Restaurant (must-go)
  • Remote Year Dinner Around the World
  • Vroom vroom!
  • Floating village in Hanoi farmland
  • Floating village in Hanoi farmland
  • Riding through the banana trees
  • Vroom vroom squad on the Long Bien bridge
  • Crossing the Long Bien bridge (oldest in Hanoi)
  • See those cracks? Ya that's straight down to the river below
  • View from Long Bien bridge
  • Hidden Gem Cafe (recycled)
  • Hidden Gem Cafe (recycled)
  • Views from the motorbike
  • Please keep arms and legs inside the vehicle...
  • Street scenes from bike
  • Headed through the Black Market
  • Safety first
  • Snack break
  • Scooter gang
  • Vroom vroom
  • Squeezing down Train Street
  • Drinking 'happy water'
  • Hold on tight
  • Headed back after a whip around the city
  • Street scenes featuring local fruit sellers
  • Murder Mystery Dinner Party

  • A rare capture of my street quiet
  • Train Street, Hanoi
  • Train Street from another street
  • Welcome to Hanoi
  • Just an intersection
  • When the streets aren't packed, they're actually beautiful
  • St. Joseph's Cathedral
  • Hanoi from above
  • Street scenes from my walk
  • West Lake views
  • Street Scenes
  • West Lake, Hanoi
  • View from on a motorbike...of other motorbikes
  • Ready...set....GO!
  • Street scenes, night version
  • My superficial gym where I got laughed at
  • Oh yes, this is the place
  • Hanoi Night Market
  • Typical market
  • Another day, another intersection
  • Window shopping on Silk Street
  • Some new fruits
  • Street scenes
  • Hanoi Ancient House during a monsoon
  • Getting out of the city
  • Bai Dinh Pagoda gate
  • View from a tower in the Bai Dinh pagoda
  • Bai Dinh Pagoda, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Bai Dinh Pagoda, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Bai Dinh Pagoda, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Bai Dinh Pagoda, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Trang An village
  • My favorite tour guides and squad for the day!
  • Felt good to be on a bike
  • Trang An, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Trang An, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Being taught how to pose from a local
  • Trang An boat tour
  • Trang An, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Trang An, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Trang An, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Trang An, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Trang An, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
  • Caught peeping
  • A perfect end to the day
  • About Me
  • Contact