by admin | Aug 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
We are back in Saigon with a 3:30 AM wakeup for a 6:00 AM flight. A little more about last night’s “backpacker hotel.” It was about $20 for the night with a room the size of a large walk-in closet. When we went to turn in, we discovered there was...
by admin | Aug 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
In Chiang Mai last night, the manager of the Night Bazaar, who works for Sunthorn, had met us at the airport and made a date to show us around Chiang Mai. Apparently he turned up sick – I hope its not the dreaded swine flue – and instead sent three friends...
by admin | Aug 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Like Dalat, Chiang Mai in northern Thailand is another place I didn’t get to before that everybody said was not to be missed. It turned out that Sunthorn’s company owns the hotel we are staying in, so at dinner the night before last, he phoned ahead and...
by admin | Aug 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Last time I did this, I was caught in the coup when Sihanouk was overthrown in favor of Lon Nol in March 1970. The airport at Phnom Penh was closed, and I had no choice but to travel overland to Thailand. Back then, it was not much more than a pig trail, but I...
by admin | Aug 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today is August 10, and we got up at 4:30 AM to go out and watch the sunrise (with about a thousand other people) at Angkor Wat. Because it was overcast, we didn”t get the full glory, but I”m glad we did it. Yesterday, we explored Angkor Wat and Angkhor...
