Monthly Archives: October 2009
Status: October 30
Location: Lobby of hotel in Bali Time: 11:09 p.m., 13 hours ahead of CDT. Today’s Activities: NOTHING! We’re on a blissful vacation from our vacation. In paradise. We got up at 9:00. Futzed around, ate some lunch, took a 3-hour nap, … Continue reading
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Heavenly Hoi An
For all the delays and roadblocks we hit in Hue, we had an excellent adventure in Hoi An. The town is so cute I could eat it! The bus arrived around 6:00 p.m. to an ok budget hotel, which was … Continue reading
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Observations about Vietnam
From the questions we got prior to our travel through Vietnam, the country seems to be a mystery to most Americans. The number one question I got was whether we’d be also going to North Vietnam. The answer is that … Continue reading
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A Tailored Dress in Hanoi
As many of you know, I learned to sew when I was about 10, hemming my very first dress for the 4-H fair while sitting on the floor in the TV room as we anxiously watched Mary Lou Retton prepare … Continue reading
Status: October 28
Location: Cafe in Vinh Long, a town in the Mekong Delta Time: 2:45 p.m. Today’s Activities: We took a day trip to the Mekong Delta, so we set out on the bus at 8:00 this morning and arrived to Cai … Continue reading
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Nelly’s Reading List
Three months on the road creates a lot of opportunities for reading. During the few days prior to our departure for this trip, I spent some time on Amazon and at the bookstore figuring out my repertoire, as I wanted … Continue reading
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To and away from Hue
Transportation has been a big fat pain in the bum for the past 30 hours. After trying our darndest to push back our early flight from Hanoi to Hue on the eve of our 7 a.m. flight, we didn’t manage … Continue reading
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Synopsis: Hong Kong Day 3
I woke up early – again. This time it was 4:20. We were planning to head to Lantau island by 8:00 so that we could see the ginormous Buddah and take a short hike around the mountainous terrain. I figured … Continue reading
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Synopsis: Hong Kong Day 2
Having skipped dinner in favor of a nap the night before, we were starving when we got out of bed. (I’d also been up for a couple hours reading a book from 3-5, so I’d worked up an appetite.) We … Continue reading
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Synopsis: Halong Bay
On Wednesday we set out for 24 hours of glorious cruising in Halong Bay among the limestone islands on a junk with about 15 other people. This outing was one of the reasons I wanted to come to Vietnam in … Continue reading
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gallopingnelly
