Day Thirty-five: Vinh Ha Long
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam ,a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to 2,000 limestone islets that have gone through 500 million years of formation. After flying in to Hanoi the previous night, we had a...
View ArticleDay Thirty-Six: Monkeys in the Mist
Our second day on HaLong Bay dawned with delicious, Thai coffee and a 6 AM Tai Chi class on the top deck followed by an excursion to view monkeys in Hang Luon, a cove reached by rowing through a cave...
View ArticleDay 248: Coffee to Go
The small, gasoline powered scooter is the heartbeat of Ho Chi Minh City, pulsing down the streets by the millions, surging, slowing, swerving and stopping. Everyone it seems has a scooter and they use...
View ArticleDay 252: Windshield
Scooters are the lifeblood of Vietnam, here a passenger grips a plate-glass window while riding through downtown Saigon. What amazed me most about watching this dangerous stunt was that is was the...
View ArticleOne Year Ago
One year ago, Melinda and I flew to Hanoi for Tet, the Lunar New Year. One Sunday, in the park near our small hotel, there were many vendors, mostly women, selling toys and souvenirs. This old woman...
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