This post is 9 years old already. How time flies. Most of the information remains true. I now only use one tour company. Not perfect but the best a person can get. The owner is a personal friend and…
An Icey tale…
There are two kinds of ice that are commonly available in Vietnam. One of them are roundish shaped ice that has been formed by a machine not unlike the Motel ice machines we have in North America. Those machines use…
Beauty and Ugliness… can they exist together?…. YES!
I was going to post a page on whether it is better to hire a tour company, or travel on ones own. Instead, let me tell you about a very strange bicycle ride. As some of you know, I have…
Egg on my Face
Around the corner from the hotel was a small tin booth where a very tiny husband and wife made submarines. Not only were they cute and adorable people, but they worked hard from sunrise, and after a noontime nap, until…
Life and Business
There is so much going on in my life now, I am unsure where to start. I had almost forgotten that I was going to update you on the hotel, so much more has happened. So here is what has…
Nha Trang…. Changes are afoot
I decided to check on my website statistics and was amazed yet again of what I saw! As usual, readership was up, but that has almost become expected. (insert blush here) What really surprised me is that the two top…
Please hang on your valuables (and random photos)
Today while lunching with a friend, I encountered a young woman from Belgium. We asked how she liked Vietnam, and her reply was a sad but not a rare one. She liked it just fine until her purse was stolen…
Rats!!!….. just another food
Today my google adds were disabled. I guess it has detected a reader or readers clicking on the adds too much or something. I do not understand how this could have happened. If the adds are of interest to you…
A damaged Ecology
For a long time now I have been eyeballing a beach way off in the distance I can see from my hotel lobby. Well, I finally decided to check it out. I hired a small tourist boat to make its…
Swimming with the fishes
The hotel business can be quite a headache, but also quite a joy at times. I find that many guests are hard to say goodbye to. We only know each other a few short days, but become friends quickly. I…
A few tough Days, but better ones ahead I hope
The adventure continues……..for good or bad. It was a bit of a tough time the past couple of days. My grand niece Su Su came to visit for the weekend and practice her English as has been our routine for…
Busy Busy Busy…..
New and interesting posts coming soon……. I promise!!