A person never knows what will happen next here. My plan today was to make contacts to promote the hotel and try to get some influential people here to recommend my place. It has been working out pretty good. Most…
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Xe Om = Motorcycle hug
Another exciting day in Saigon. It was hot. Probably about plus 34. I am now sitting at a corner local restaurant. It is 7pm ant the sweat is pouring from by body. In front of me is a dear old…
Friend Friends everywhere
Meet my friends Linda and Denny. I ran into them while having a late evening drink. They are on an adventurous trip through asia. I enjoyed very much, our conversation, and hope to see them again someday….. And can you…
Walk into the light
Oh My God!! The Vietnamese have discovered LED’s. It is a good thing. The people here are forever trying to save money on their power bills by installing very energy efficient bulbs or even just living with very low lighting.…
Water, water, everywhere
Meet my friends Beverly and Richard. Beverly is a fun lady I met last year while traveling, and as luck would have it, we have met again. She is from Vancouver, retired, and loves spending time in NhaTrang. Who can…
Fishy business
There are issues to be ironed out in the next few weeks. I have no experience to run a hotel, but do have a lot of experience at doing business. I have mentioned before that I will not be pushed.…
A fish out of water
How do I approach the words of the day? I could quote the words of a famous American general and say it was one big cluster F___, and it would be close. But it was still fun. I am finding…
Spinning wheels
Yesterday was a bit of a hectic day I had a lot of running around to do to get everything ready. Off to the electrical store to purchase power cords, picking up supplies for coffee, getting the beer fridge stocked…
Beds on wheels
I saw a friend live on Facebook last night and I told him where I was… He wished he was here… so I took a couple of snapshots of what was in front of me. Rick…the first couple of photo’s…
It is not impossible – Deux
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…
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…
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…