Good morning from Littleton, Colorado.
As the front jacket to my book reflects, this is “A Vietnam War era story set against today’s political twist written as adventure fiction except to those knowing its veracity.” I recently signed a contract with my publisher. The book is currently in the pre-production phase and will be available in soft-back copies. I might miss my deadline of Christmas, 2009, [...]
Within the next few months, I’ll be inserting into this blog the non-fiction chapter of my book pertaining to my research trip. This is where the fictional story will be further substantiated with “The Rest of the Story.” Stay tuned. You do not want to miss this update.
READER ALERT: On May 24th, I made a few additions/changes back through the first blog entry. Darrell
Good evening from Littleton, Colorado.
Just a note to let you all know I survived the longest day of my life, and made it back to the confines of my home, here in Littleton. Yesterday, May 2nd, I left Hanoi on [...]
This will be my final dispatch from Vietnam. Time to didi mau, I’m coming home Nancy…
Hanoi celebrates another holiday on May 1st, International Labor Day. Vietnam is also into spacing holidays into really long weekends. I’ll be holding off on my Hanoi city tour until Saturday, when more sights open up for visitors. I know I’m cutting things sort of tight, [...]
Good Morning from Hanoi…
Most all sight-seeing areas are closed today in remembrance of Vietnam’s Liberation/Reunification Day holiday. The somewhat friendly folks at the reception area tell me there is a celebration tonight at the Hoan Kiem Lake area. It is about a ten minute walk, so, I’ll try to get another experience tonight.
I took a walk around [...]
Good evening from Hanoi.
I survived an Air Vietnam flight captained by an Aussie. Man, you cannot get away from those guys. Actually, his voice over the speaker made me feel a bit safer, for the one hour flight from Danang up to Hanoi was a little bumpy, cloudy and rainy all the way.
Okay, first impressions. Hanoi has me [...]
Good evening from China Beach, near Danang.
I’m beginning to think of myself as a “single-digit midget.”
Okay, what does that mean, you ask? It was an old term some of us used when our one year tour-of-duty in Vietnam got to within less than ten days left in-country. We were down to nine days and counting. [...]
Good evening from beautiful Danang.
Danny, in my opinion, the city of Danang has not let us down. What I recall as a city that had possibilities is indeed, finally and slowly, turning into a South China Sea destination. So, for you soothsayers who thought old muddman was gonna report as the old dispatches coming out of [...]
Another good day near the South China beaches of Cau Dai.
This is my third Sunday in Vietnam. The Indochine Hotel gave me good directions and times for Masses to the nearby Catholic Church. They called a taxi for me. I had a choice of a 5:30 or 9:00 a.m., then a noon and last Mass at 4:00 p.m. [...]
GOOD MORNING VIETNAMMMMMM……………
Okay, who remembers that daily dispatch and the later movie?
I’m throwing another thought out today, and this is due to my new friend from Vietnam, a young man just beginning his working life, Mr. Van Giap, due again to his recommendation.
Yes, I agree, Vietnam has changed, but is it for the better? My opinion is that [...]
