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 [...]
Here was my send-off from 2009 Quang Ngai, and it was much the same as July, 1971.
Just when I was finished with the days writing, one more experience comes along, and this one is so reminiscent of my final days during the war. That war memory involved a Cold Duck drunk that left me with a [...]
Good Morning.
It is another noisy day here at the My Tra Hotel. The Vietnamese language is loaded with inflections of high and a few low pitched sounds, and boy, do the folks love to speak with emphasis. I am recalling many old Vietnamese words, but have such a hard time in the pronunciation. There is little help [...]
Good afternoon from another steamy hot and humid Vietnam.
I hear from home in Denver that folks were dumped on by Mother Nature with lots of snow. Oh, how I wish for just a smidgen of cool breeze today off the Song Tra river. Instead, I hear the steady hum of motor bike horns and engines, as the [...]
Another good morning from Vietnam.
Mr. Nguyen An, Vice-director of the Quang Ngai Travel Agency, met me at 0600 hours with his steady hand on his Honda motor bike. Ms. Cam from the My Tra arranged our travel. Mr. An recommended we get an early start to the places I wanted to see today, before the heat kicked [...]
