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...
by admin | Aug 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Now in Can Tho Today is Wednesday, August 5, and we are in Can Tho in a hotel next to the Mekong River. This computer doesn”t have a USB port, so I still can”t send any photos. Backing up to August 2, we flew out of Tan Son Nhat in Saigon to Dalat, a quick...
by admin | Aug 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
It is now August 4, and this is the first time that I have had time to write anything down. The last few days have been a whirlwind, trying to cram everything into a trip that is clearly too short. We are now in Dalat but return to Saigon via air late this afternoon....
