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...
by admin | Aug 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Into the Heart of Darkness Actually, the boat trip up the Mekong was uneventful. I kept looking for remnants of that bridge from Apocalypse Now, but there wasn”t much to see from the middle of a mile-wide river, red with the mud of the half dozen countries it...
by admin | Aug 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Goodbye Vietnam Day 8 I guess I am lucky to have Internet access at every hotel, but dealing with emails is not easy. That”s why I started attaching these MSWORD files. We are in the Mekong Delta border town of Chau Doc, and we leave early tomorrow morning by...
