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Wed, 26 Dec 2007 | By cisoux | Views [722]
We woke up early, around 7 am, to take our bus to Halong Bay at 7:45 am. The bus was super crowded. It was really just a mni-van. Every seat was filled with a tourist and any other available floor space was filled with a backpack. The tour guide took ... Read more >
Tags: halong bay, vietnam
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 | By cisoux | Views [973]
Lianyi : Do you go up to attractive Hmong girls and ask them, "Do you want to do radio?" And then they say, "Yes," and you bring them to your house and you say, "Ok, time for a mic test."? Xai : "Can you take off ... Read more >
Tags: hanoi, vietnam
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By tmaskew | Views [392]
After our day in Ha Noi with Connor's family, he and Patrick traveled back to Thai Nguyen to visit the villages of their births (what Connor's family called "returning to the homeland"). Connor to Phu Lac, where the whole village turned ... Read more >
Tags: Family
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By cisoux | Views [2636]
Well
really not much happened today. Lianyi and I took a Pacific
Airlines flight to Hanoi at 10 am. To board, we had to take a shuttle
bus from the gate to the plane. On the bus we made friends with
Raphael, a middle-aged Australian ... Read more >
Tags: hanoi, vietnam
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 | By tmaskew | Views [398]
Today we had the privilege to meet Connor's mother, brother, uncle and cousin. Their story is his to tell, not mine. It is a gift--one that so many adoptees will never have--to see one's roots, to gather information, to connect. From my perspective, ... Read more >
Tags: Family
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 | By cisoux | Views [1772]
We booked a day trip out of Ho Chi Minh City today, to go to the Cao
Dai Temple and the Cu Chi Tunnels. It cost us only 6 US dollars each. We
set off at 8 a.m. A bus picked us up at our guesthouse after breakfast,
which was provided free at ... Read more >
Tags: cao dai, cu chi, ho chi minh city, saigon, vietnam
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By tmaskew | Views [750]
One of the main reasons we came to Viet Nam was to see the birth families of my sons. Tomorrow, we shall meet the family of my youngest son for the first time. I have no qualms about doing so. I've always tried to create a place where none of my ... Read more >
Tags: Family
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By beaker | Views [655]
I looked across to Bec from my position on the roof. “Ok, you ready with the camera?” “Yep.” “Right then. One……..two……..three!!!!!” I leapt out into the fresh air and found myslef sideways, arms and legs flailing about crazily. Bec snapped away with ... Read more >
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Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By tmaskew | Views [364]
One of the few memories Connor has about Viet Nam (he was about 5 years when he left) was "the red bridge." Today, we immersed ourselves in the Viet Nam we remember, and in Viet Nam the new. Some things never change--the wonderful maze of ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By cisoux | Views [1461]
We
landed in Ho Chi Minh City at 8 a.m. Vietnam time. The airport was grey
and spartan, a cold welcome to a Communist country. But Ho Chi Minh's
weather was not cold at all, in spite of our expectations. It was very
warm, just ... Read more >
Tags: ho chi minh city, saigon, vietnam
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 | By tmaskew | Views [413] | Video
Ah, Ha Noi--where traffic lanes and signals are mere suggestions... It is just as I remember it--only it's not. In 1996, the Old Quarter was filled with incessant streams of bicycles. The rich rode motorbikes and cars, an oddity, created a scene. ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 20 Dec 2007 | By roaming_reas | Views [1128] | Comments [3]
Ahhh...Nha Trang. The airport is 35km south of town but that gives us a lovely drive with beach glimpses along the way. What luck, we're dropped off two blocks from the hotel we wanted! 8th floor view over the beach, ocean, hills and city...just great! ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 | By roaming_reas | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 17 Dec 2007 | By stefanly | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 17 Dec 2007 | By cobyseashell | Views [506] | Comments [6]
Xin Chao (hello)HEllo Hello Hello. SO im not heaps good writing in this journal sorry. i feel weird kinda writing and not sure if anyone reads. like i know when i send emails you have to read them, or at least delete them, but this is weird. so anyway, ... Read more >
Tags: Airports
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