The Cai River runs through Nha Trang and for as long as I have been coming here, there has been an area where the poor had built wooden houses along it’s banks. Not really a slum, but more of a Shanty town I guess. I have walked through many times and always marveled at how [...]

VinPearl land is situated on an Island just off the coast. A person can purchase a ticket to cross by boat or cable car the the theme park. Once there, all rides and amusements are free of charge. The admission at the current time is 350000 dong. The park consists of a ride area with [...]

Nha Trang has a very large beach and ocean front area. There used to be a lot of beach front rooms to be had, but over the past number of years, many of the smaller French Colonial buildings have been torn down to make way for new super hotels. There are 2 beaches in Nha [...]

Today I will simply write what is on my mind. Included are more pictures of the flooding. Firstly, about the flooding in the central region of Vietnam. Nha Trang normally gets about 600 mm of rain in November. Under most circumstances the pattern is sunny or cloudy in the morning, and then a rain or [...]

I was introduced to  Bui Thi Qua a year ago that my friend Ken had befriended during her during  the war in the 70’s. She was a street girl then selling water and cigarettes from a roadside. I met her in 2009 but it was her daughter Peanut I got to know. She had taken over [...]

Last night it started to rain. Something very interesting happened in conjunction. All of the houses and business filled with flies. It seems that even the insects knew what was coming and found shelter. (To human irritation) I stand at the computer in the lobby of the hotel. The current temperature is 24 and I [...]

If you would have suggested I buy a Harley for the streets of Vietnam, In the past would have said “no thankyou”, but in Vitnam as usual…… things can change very quickly.

Tonight I was invited to go with a Vietnamese friend on motorcycles to Phan Tiet in a week with the rain and storms around us. It is a 200 km  journey which can be a very long way in this country. My first instinct is to say no……. but the adventure….. Stay tuned

I spent some more time biking in the country in order to get excersize and stay fit. Every day I encounter an adventure of some kind, but today I guess I will just share some scenery photos of an area i travel through a lot.  

A view of the prison from above A guard tower. All photo’s from a typical day in my world…. more to come