Phu Quoc
A couple of angels I had the opportunity to spend a few days in Phu Quoc with some of my friends from Saigon. I had not yet been there and some commenter’s from the Trip Advisor website had me thinking that it was a beach destination not to be missed. I have had some time [...]
About Easy Riders
Which one is not like the others? In the past, a person came up with the idea to make a few dollars by taking visitors for Dalat city tours on the back of his motorcycle. He referred to himself or was called an Easy Rider. I do not profess to have a clue of [...]
A sad day and good cup of coffee
Kathy and her lovely kids……. oh… and us too This blog was going to be about highland tours by those that call themselves Easy Riders, but a late night email put that story on the back burner. Today I want to talk about two of the wonderful people who have enhanced my life since I [...]
Stop Thief!!
Today there was an event that had me reminiscing about the past. Just an hour before returning from doing an easy-rider trip (more on that later), some low-life snuck into our hotel kitchen and stole the most precious item I had. Was it an item of great value that could turn them a profit??? Noooooo…. [...]
Vietnam rainfall & temperature charts
I have been asked hundreds of times about the weather in different reigons during different times of the year. Hopefully this post will answer all of your questions [...]
Lasting effects of Agent Orange
I recently attended the birthday of my friend Bob and we got to talking about blogs and what we were doing in Vietnam. Bob and his lovely wife Phuong live in the city of Tuy Hoa where they have opened a small western restaraunt with burgers, wings, pizza and the like. We talked a bit [...]
Kids and Whistles
A few weeks ago I found myself in Saigon visiting with my friends and doing a little planning for the future. I decided for this trip to take one of the hotel motorcycles with me as an experiment and see if it would be more convenient than using a rental. As is usual in Vietnam, [...]
Tuy Hoa and Quy Nhon
Just a two hour drive north of Nha Trang is a small city named Tuy Hoa. It has very few visitors from tourists but has a unique personality that makes it worth a visit if you are interested in places a little less frequented and spoiled by tourism. The most convenient way to get there [...]
Police and the Tax man
Maybe it is time to get a bit personal again. Some things have happened in the last year that have slowly been simmering in the back of my mind and have now come to the forefront. Let me talk about business and how I (and am sure other expats) fit within it. Many of you [...]
Busses Departing Nha Trang
Following are photographs of all the busses departing to different locations. If you cannot find it here, it most likely is not available. There are a number of other carriers that go to the same places, and a local bus that runs hourly from Nha Trang [...]
Current Train information
I quite often have to phone or run down to the train station to get accurate information on the train schedules and prices. Many of the posters on the travel forums also have publicly asked for information on lesser known routes to Nha Trang and other locations. Well here it is…… Photo’s of actual updated [...]
