We had a nice reminder of just how sweet we have it at home. Barb & I were on two different computers writing up a storm when the power went out. We have been getting in the practice of copying what we write as we go so an undependent connection doesnt fail and leave us with an unsent message …
BaBe National Park is a large tract of land that surrounds the largest natural lake in Vietnam. It is not a huge lake, nor does it have much wildlife, but we did enjoy our time there. • The Vietnamese eat everything that moves and much that doesn't. As a result, there are no longer shorebirds …
Xin Chao, • It has been many days since anyone has had an update. We are alive and well, and now that I have largely recovered from food poisoning, we are a bit more active. The food thing was odd, as Toby and I ate the same things yet I was stricken and he was not. I haven't a clue what it was …
Once again, web mail bit me. I was just going to copy a lovely piece of mail I wrote when a glitch hit and I lost it all. I cannot write my mail in notepad and then paste it because all my Mac readers get gobbletygook! • Remember green? That lovely green that is on the color wheel but not seen …
read more »Toby here, Barb is sleeping. • For a brief moment today we hit 60kph! thats under 38mph for you metric deficients. Actually that was a brief spurt. we are usually under 50kph (32mph)all the time and often down to 30 or even 20. Despite haveing american tv shows, the Vietnamese lack any …
Later on this afternoon, we went to a Dao or Dzao village, where they had really figured out the marketing thing. Young girls and middle aged women latched onto us and escorted us through the village, inviting us into their homes. They specifically avoided selling products to us until we got back …
It is Saturday evening here in SaPa. And a lovely evening it is. The weather here changes SOOOOOO fast, my head spins. • Thank you, thank you, all of you for emailling. It is a real treat to find a computer and discover email from you. And Joseph: welcome to the land of technology. I am thrilled …
Toby here, unusually. • Bookkeeping: • 1. send emails if you wish, we love hearing from folks. • 2. Don't send our own message back to us! We have poor to abominable connections and we know what we said. • 3. Don't forward things, send them to our home addresses and we will get them when …
read more »Greetings to one and all, • Here we are in the mountains to the west and northwest of Hanoi. We arrived here 3 days ago and our first adventure was our first home stay. Mai Chau is the city that we are near, it is a small town really, not much of a city at all. A town without internet, by the way.
Xi chao! • Because internet access is spotty at best, we have done far more than I could write about since my last communication. I would like to offer some random thoughts on our Red River Delta experiences.
