Again I suffer a power outage. I am off on a bicycle road trip by myself today. There is no point id staying indorrs, as without a generator, is it hotter and mory muggy than out. I should get a great picture or two.

The generator is yet again broken. My nephew and I returned to the store where we originally purchased it and had a talk as what our options are. When I told them I was interested in them taking back my piece of junk and upgrading to a better machine, I was appalled when they told [...]

When arriving in Vietnam for the first time, a person can feel overwhelmed by the drastic change from whence you came. If you are from any place like me, you are used to a relatively quiet atmosphere and calm logical streets. In Vietnam this is not the case. Someone in Saigon some time ago compared [...]

Every day before heading out on our adventure, we stop for a smoothie at the corner of Nguyen Thien Thuat, and Le Thanh Ton. A wonderful girl (Ut) makes us the most delicious Mango, pineapple, passion fruit and yogurt drink. Ahhhhh… refreshing. Drop by if you ever want a great drink. Carl and I pulled [...]

The hotel business poses its challenges. Lack of sleep is one of them. I have a nice new night receptionist but he is still far away from being able to communicate effectively. This is a problem. That means that I have to be available all the time to my English speaking guests. That is important [...]

Let me give you a little insight to the way Vietnamese people thing by giving you an example of what happened to me about 6 months ago. I was in the process of remodeling and renovating and had decided on how things would be done. There was a wall that was painted in a very [...]

Sorry, I am forced to miss a post again… Tune in tomorrow for a beautiful series of photos

Before I get on to today’s topic, I feel I am in need for some of your input. I have posts a number of blogs that addresses some very serious topics about the goings on in Vietnam. One reader that I respect the opinion of has asked that I delete or at least severely edit [...]

Let me start by saying that the Hotel is busy now and I am getting a lot of on-line reservations. It is getting difficult to make the time to blog, especially now that the power is off so regularly. A couple of growing pains the hotel is experiencing… I replaced all of the remote control [...]

I have been so busy with adventures and life that I have only had minutes to spend on the blog. I have more adventures and real places to Visit in NhaTrang…. but not now. I will continue as soon as possible. The hotel is 100% booked every night and I want to spend as much [...]

Did you ever have one of those days that are hell and a joy at the same time? It was such a day yesterday. It all started out with another power outage. I awoke about 6:30 am sweating bullets. I turned on a fan, but there was no power. The generator was not running. I [...]