While staying here at Paul’s in Sacramento, I took a day trip (a long, long day trip) up to Susanville. There is some property there of which I’m custodian and I had business to take care of……long story. So, early one morning Megan took me to the bus station here in Sac and I rode the 2+ hours up to Chico first. Along the way, … Continue reading Brubeck and Tweedy
I’m still here! I’m not lost in space. I’ve been lost in Vancouver, Washington, Chico, California….. Sacramento…..Paradise. Not lost, really…..just floating. It’s been great being with family and friends, but also disorienting being without a job and a ‘home base.’ I’m such a homebody and in some ways a creature of habit that it feels strange being a ‘couch surfer.’ But, like I said, it’s … Continue reading Family Time
It’s been surreal. I keep thinking there’s got to be a door somewhere through which I can walk and find myself in Ha Noi. I’m not quite ‘here’ yet. Ha Noi (after all my trials and tribs) was home. But, I have to say I’ve been made to feel at home by some of the most hospitable, welcoming, kind, friendly, wonderful people on the planet….my … Continue reading Back in the U.S.S……A.
Having flown from Ha Noi to Seoul, South Korea that morning, I left Incheon Airport at 4pm on March 8th and arrived in San Francisco at 9am…….on March 8th. Jan Kirby ~ Time Traveler. It’s nice to get those hours back. It makes up (a little) for the godawful amount of time I spent on that plane. I sat next to a sweet Vietnamese couple … Continue reading Tạm biệt, Việt Nam
Sai Gon….. hoo boy…..Sai Gon….. Okay, here goes…… We flew in from Da Nang about midday to a warm but breezy Sai Gon. The idea….the intent….was to go to a particular travel agency where we’d pick up our bus tickets to Cambodia. We decided to walk because we wanted to save money and who knew how expensive taxis were in Sai Gon ~ especially for … Continue reading Sai Gon
What words can I use to describe Hoi An? Certainly the word ‘charm’ comes to mind. Then there’s relaxing, friendly, laid-back, architecture, flowers…..lots and lots of flowers….. As I’d said in my last post, Mike and I took a couple of day trips to Hoi An. It’s barely a half hour motorbike ride from Da Nang down a clean, fairly new highway. On our first … Continue reading Hoi An
Mike and I went on what was to be a whirlwind tour of Viet Nam and Cambodia that became a whirlwind tour of Viet Nam ~ never made it to Cambodia…..long, crazy story I’ll get to in a later post. But, we had a lot of fun……it’s what we do…. So, here we go, flying through the beautiful Vietnamese skies… …….and over the … Continue reading Da Nang
One place I just had to see before going Stateside is Sa Pa…..and I’ve just come back from there early, very early, this morning. After making arrangements with a wonderful travel agent and all around nice woman named Lai here in Ha Noi, I was picked up in a small bus Sunday evening by a driver who somehow hadn’t been informed that on crowded city … Continue reading Sa Pa
In my continuing efforts to visit sites here in Ha Noi before I head back to the States, I give you 87 Ma May and Ðen Bach Ma….. I figured I’d leave my house at about 11a.m., go to my favorite rice n’ point for brunch, then meander over to the Quarter and see the sites/sights. I thought by that time lunch hour (read ‘lunch … Continue reading 87 Ma May & Ðen Bach Ma
Mike and I went to the Temple of Literature here in Ha Noi a few days ago. It’s a temple dedicated to Confucius, sages and scholars and was originally built in 1070. It is also the site of Viet Nam’s first university. Studies, ceremonies and exams were conducted in and around the various buildings. I was a bit confused, honestly, when I entered the grounds. … Continue reading Temple of Literature
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