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About a month a go I had a chance to zip in and talk a quick look around the big Quilt show in Grand Rapids. This event draws people from all over the Mid-West. While a lot of the quilts are too folksy for my taste, some strike me as fabulous, interesting and creative. […]
I spent three days in Cambodia last January and have three distinct memories. It is interesting to blog about a destination after some time has gone by. The really strong impressions float to the surface. As a little back ground information, we went to Siem Reap at the end of a...
I’m not sure where this comes from but I’m fascinated and always have been with the way people live–functionally and aesthetically. Obviously resources–financial and others play a huge factor– but the basic need for shelter and how it is met communicates so much about one’s...
It’s been over two months since we spent a couple of days in the mountains of North Vietnam. We saw sights I’ll never forget. We had a chance to visit Minority Tribes in this remote part of the world, very close to the Chinese border. I felt like I had zoomed back in […]
Halong Bay on the coast of North Vietnam, is one of those mysterious destinations with great appeal. It’s a dense cluster of nearly 3000 limestone monolithic islands, each topped with thick jungle vegetation rising spectacularly from the ocean. I would have liked to have visited it at an...
I stayed alone my first night in Vietnam at the Hotel Metropole in Hanoi. Jack had gone on to visit manufacturing facilities in Taiwan and I journeyed to Hanoi by myself. What a lovely welcome I had. The Metropole is very nice comfortable hotel, beautifully restored and loaded with...
The images of Hanoi are going to haunt me. So much that is visual…… The old quarter, the many motorcycles, labyrinthine streets, remnants of past glory and the mysteries of Asia. While...
It was a very strange experience being in Hanoi for a couple of baby boomers like us. Jack said it best with, “ “I can’t believe we are here. They were the enemy. We bombed the living daylights out of them. “ Yes, true. My husband and I came of age during the Vietnam War […]
We are traveling in Vietnam and soon will go to Cambodia. With so much to see and do my time for blogging is limited and the internet is often fickle. Will post as soon as I am able. Until then I hope you will enjoy these photos. Visiting a small village of minorities […]
I really love surprises when I’m traveling. Not the nasty, “Your flight is canceled” or “No, we don’t have your reservation” disasters. I relish the unexpected, the experiences and sights not written up in the guide books. The Serendipity. Had one...