Posts Tagged: Travel

Last day in Hanoi

Posted by Toby Rockwell on Friday, April 1, 2005 in Travel

Dear folks, • We are on our last morning in Hanoi. I'm sitting here looking out the door at a drizzly morning, with bananas, rice gruel, pineapples, bricks, and food stands, all going by on shoulder poles in baskets. • To bring you up to speed, we have been unable to get online with any …

Home again, home again...

Posted by Barb Rockwell on Friday, April 1, 2005 in Travel - 2 comments

Good morning! • For some strange reason, we have a good connection this morning in Hanoi! Not that I expected it--we are staying the same hotel we have been in twice before and never had great access; but it was meant to be today, apparently. • Ending our trip independantly was very important …

food and cooking

Posted by Barb Rockwell on Monday, March 21, 2005 in Travel

Greetings! • Here we are, still in Hue. The food is exceptional. According to the guidebooks, Hue is a trendsetter for Vietnamese cuisine and they do have their own style. We have eaten at a number of local establishments, there is usually an English menu translation so it makes ordering easier …

Boy do I love to travel - toby rant

Posted by Toby Rockwell on Monday, March 21, 2005 in Travel - 2 comments

I was laying in bed the other night, listening to motorbikes clearing the way with their horns, and just revelling in how much i love to be on the road travelling. • General rant: • We get asked by a fair number of people: why vietnam? or why whatever? but the real truth is we (OK, I, I'll let …

REpost #2

Posted by Toby Rockwell on Monday, March 21, 2005 in Travel

Further digressions from Toby, rehashing thoughts lost in the ether once already: • Market economies: • Once before we travelled to a former Communist country, the Czech republic, and it was interesting to note the transitions required. • Now we are in a communist country, with "free market …

Cats

Posted by Toby Rockwell on Monday, March 21, 2005 in Travel

Be warnedthat this is a second attempt to frame the thoughts that were lost with a defective keyboard mentioned in a priormessage. • First, I want to follow up on my depressing air quality missive. I got a reply from our foreman, who was at Bin Hoa airbase in 1969, and he told me that then, the …

Beating a (nearly) dead horse

Posted by Barb Rockwell on Monday, March 21, 2005 in Travel - 1 comment

Greetings to one and all, • I had rather hoped that my war posts had ended but they have not. Sorry to those who are sick and tired of the subject, just delete this email! • Our last day in Hanoi was spent at the Women's Museum. I had tried to go to that during our first few days, but it was …

Toby in Hue

Posted by Toby Rockwell on Monday, March 21, 2005 in Travel

First a computer digression. We have beenhaving "interesting" times with internet access. I realize I have come to find net access to be partof my life, an assumed presence, a resource like running water. Like running water, I can live just fine without while camping or away, but it is part of the …

jellyfish

Posted by Barb Rockwell on Monday, March 21, 2005 in Travel

Xin Chao, • Jellyfish. A subject you probably never think about. Certainly I have never given them much thought. • We headed into Bai Tu Long bay and arrived at a little island. We left Khanh and headed out on our own walking for a couple of hours and wound up on a pristine beach. (not an easy …

Bac Po

Posted by Barb Rockwell on Monday, March 21, 2005 in Travel

Here we are in Cao Bang, and for the next 3 days. This is the last gasp before we head towards Bai Tu Long Bay (similar to Ha Long but less polluted and touristed). Today, Khanh took us to Bac Po, which is where Ho Chi Minh entered Vietnam and stayed in a cave, safe from the French. It was …