We arrived at night in Ho Chi Minh to a brightly lit bustling city. The first thing that struck me was how many motorbikess flying by with what I thought was without rhyme or reason. Cars were honking their horns, the bikers were honking, and they seemed to be going in all different directions. We… Read More The Vietnam Experience
Cambodia celebrates Ancestors day for three days in September and our arrival fell during that time. Our experienced Leader and the Local guide immediately recommended other things we could do in place of our scheduled activity. The group agreed on a sunset cruise which turned out to be an excellent idea. Our first glimpse of… Read More Ancient Kingdoms Cambodia
I don’t remember having traveled in a propeller plane but leaving from Bangkok to Laos I did in a 72-passenger propeller plane. The flight was uneventful and short. We arrived in Laos transferred to a regular sized coach that could not go into the town of Luang Prabang, so at the edge of the town,… Read More Ancient Kingdoms Laos
The first stop was Bangkok. Let me share a bit about my flights. I started out from JFK, New York, which took 15 hours to my connection in Seoul. The airport was beautiful, but not for the weak and weary. Getting to other gates, though in the same terminal, is extremely long. It was another… Read More Ancient Kingdoms Thailand
I knew I had been to Japan, China, Thailand and Singapore but did not realize how long ago but funny just looking on the photographs and running into my old videos the memories are still vivid in my mind. I must say from the onset that this tour was more than twenty years ago thus… Read More A little Asian memory
Goodbye Australia, for now, hello New Zealand. I had to learn about NZ in high school and my impression was no different from that about Australia being so far away. Arriving in Christchurch my initial impression was how beautiful the place is especially with the gardens as we pass homes. Flowers will get me all… Read More My New Zealand experience
In high school I vividly remember having to draw a map of Australia, name the cities and indicate areas where certain highlights would be found. I would never have believed that I would one day visit this country so far away and I remember thinking why do we have to know all these details. Well… Read More A spin around Sydney
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