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VIGNETTES OF VIETNAM PART 2 SAIGON, THE DELTA & PHU QUOC

Posted on September 10, 2020September 10, 2020

As our bus to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)was approaching the city, this was the view from the window. It could be any modern western city. Once we actually arrived, I quickly learned that this was only part of the story. Saigon is the most modern and westernized of the cities of Vietnam, but that…

TRAVELING THE CANALS OF BANGKOK

Posted on August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

With a population of over 8 million and occupying over 600 square miles, the capital city of Thailand, Bangkok is also one of the most visited cities in the world. Due to the traffic congestion and air pollution, it can also be an unpleasant place to travel over the city streets. When we visited there…

VIGNETTES OF VIETNAM

Posted on August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this is a very long blog. This weeks offering is mostly photos with some brief commentary where necessary. All of the pictures were taken between early October and December 2018. After an exhausting twenty-two-hour travel time , our first meal in Vietnam had to be pho….

THE KINGDOM OF A MILLION ELEPHANTS

Posted on July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

Lane Xang, or the Kingdom of a Million Elephants, is today known as The Democratic Republic of Laos. During the six weeks we spent there in early 2019, I discovered a country that was not as touristy as others we visited. At the same time, Laos had a particular European sophistication leftover from its days…

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