A Few random photo’s to compliment my blabbering I ordered a computer yesterday for the hotel. Pretty primitive by my standards…. But still way beyond what most places have here. They will deliver it tomorrow and starting on Monday, I will hopefully have a reliable and constant internet connection. It is a little difficult to [...]
A busy few days
Last night we headed out to the Texas bar and grill for a few drinks. I thought it was a few, but my head tells me different. Yesterday I went with my nephew to pick up a new mattress for our bed. The store he took me to was very small and had a [...]
oooooh that itch!
I woke up this morning a bit a wreck. I perhaps did not mention that on the bus ride back from Quy Nhon, there was a young man riding with us that had a bit of a cough. Well guess what… The next day Brad came down with symptoms of a cold. Myself, a day [...]
Rough boys
In contrast to the gentle and loving demeanor of the women, men seem rough, gruff, and suspicious. This is not the case really….. it just looks that way. They have a hard life., and it shows on sun beaten leathery faces. During the day a person sees mostly women in the streets. It seems the [...]
Vietnam darlings
I just discovered that Drifter has a blog himself. If you are interested you can check it out at www.vnfrom.blogspot.com/ I only glanced at it briefly so far, but it seems he wants the same thing I now have. I hope his dream comes true……… mine has. Yesterday’s blog seemed to touch people. Not only [...]
Innocent and beautiful
Right now I am sitting in a bar in the tourist area. I am typing down some thoughts in the hope that tomorrow I will remember what I am seeing and feeling. The room has suddenly become full of activity. The Greeks have landed. They are quite conspicuous… one has black and white tattoos of [...]
Email and salty air
I have had many requests for specific information that is personal or not suited for a blog, therefore, I will put out my Hotel email address a bit early. Anyone who has specific questions or want to get in touch with me can do so via the following link tidehotel@live.com I will supply links and [...]
A quickie…
It has been almost 4 weeks since the renovations started on the hotel. The place is still in chaos. There are scaffolds everywhere, paint and plaster splatters cover the floor. There are as many as 10 people working on different floors all trying to get the building finished by the end of January. I have [...]
It is not impossible
As usual, little time to blog, and a few random pictures. Darn!! My bug zapper broke down. It started zapping away non stop and for fear of an electrical problem, I unplugged it. I tried again the next day, and it was still constantly zapping. I have determined that warranties are next to useless here [...]
Phew!! Something smells bad
I have discovered something that is going to make my life a lot easier. There are alternatives to the local old style bus travel here. Many locals have not used it, so it has been a bit hard getting the information. There are private companies that are offering express bus services to almost all cities. [...]
I love this Town… or is it City
We headed out after breakfast looking for some kind of action in this town. We walked along the beach after it stopped raining. There is a large hotel down a ways from us that hosts many of the westerners that come here. There is English service at the tour desk. We asked where to rent [...]
Evening at a disco
The bus ride brought back memories. Long ago, we chugged along in some Korean or Russian vehicle. We started out with only 10 passengers, but as long ago, we were soon stuffed to capacity. Today was no different except that it was a newer vehicle. We started out by leaving NhaTrang around 10:30. The bus [...]