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This was originally posted in 2013. It’s one of my most memorable travel experiences. An absolute highlight of our trip to the mountains of North Vietnam last January was a visit to a small school in the village of Sin Chai. Sounds so simple, but it was really a special...
Didn’t you feel like a voyeur? This was originally posted July 2017. “Didn’t you feel like a voyeur?” my friend asked me a couple of nights ago when I gathered with a group for a chat, glass of wine and some lovely nibbles. I had shared some of my recent India adventures. I described...
It was hard not to stare at the women flashing their jet black toothy smiles. Blackening one’s teeth was of the most fascinating customs I saw in the craggy, misty mountainous area of Vietnam. This post was originally published 2013. Practiced by the ladies of the...
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...
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 […]