Our Final Post
This is our final post about our trip to Southeast Asia. Over the first ten posts, we covered all the main events. But there is [...]
Hot and Humid Hoi An
Hoi An was hot and humid, my favorite combination. Luckily, the AC was working in our room which has been named by the hotel staff [...]
A Trek in Sapa
Sapa Region We are in northwest Vietnam to experience the mountains and the tiered rice fields of Sapa. September is the tail end rainy season [...]
The Market
Late in the afternoon we arrived in the small town of Bac Ha which is the home of the "most colorful" open market in Southeast [...]
The Streets of Hanoi
The Streets of Hanoi. As you might know, Hanoi is a major city and the capital of Vietnam. Like many large southeast Asian cities, it [...]
To the top!
To the top, the story of two hills I don't know where it came from - my need to get to the top. Perhaps, it [...]
The Restroom
The Restroom After 5 cups of coffee and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice (much more potent than the juice from concentrate), I had [...]
In Search of “La Pigna”
Claudio, our tour director, in his Sanremo port presentation (remember him from the "Brown Shoes" story), said the old city, "la pigna," was a delightful [...]
Brown Shoes
Brown Shoes I met a guy named Claudio. He lives in Majorca and happens to be our Seabourn tour director. As part of his responsibilities, [...]
Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017
2016 in Review At the end of every year, we all tend to look back at what we accomplished in the past year while making [...]