Austin….what an interesting town. First off, it is much bigger than we expected. It is quite a large city (almost a million people) and it has so many attractions, music venues, and restaurants, it is a little overwhelming at first. We checked into our clean but very, very dated condo on Lake Travis which is…
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Amarillo Part 2
A 30 minute drive through the surprisingly beautiful countryside led us to the Palo Duro Canyon State Park. (Side note: I say “surprisingly beautiful” because my only impression of Texas is Houston….in the summer. All I remember is flat, you could see forever, and hot, the whole atmosphere shimmering with the heat. I thought I…
Amarillo, Texas
Hello all you out there in Internet Land!! It has been more than 4 months since our last post and lots has changed. We have moved into a house in the mountains outside of Boulder, Colorado. We are getting the boxes unpacked and beginning our new life in Colorado. We had a fairly easy winter…
Epilogue
First off, we can not thank all of you enough for your support and encouragement. Your kind words made us smile and helped pull us through some times when things were not going as planned. One thing about travelling in South East Asia is you must be very flexible. Do not expect things to happen…
Siem Reap Part 2
The second day we decided to drive the 28 km in our little rickety tuk tuk with Ti to the “Lady Temple”. Oh my goodness, small but mighty! It is believed that Banteay Srei was built and carved by women because of the delicacy. This temple is in pretty good shape and they have a…
Siem Reap
A quick 50 minute flight and we were in Siem Reap. Siem Reap is a much bigger, more modern, bustling town that we had expected. It’s a nice place, very clean by Cambodia standards. Our hotel here has only been opened for a couple of months so it is nice and sparkling new but the…
Cambodia
The border between Vietnam and Cambodia may be invisible but the difference was pretty clear. As part of our Mekong tour, our guide met us at the dock and the sight seeing began. We went to the Presidential Palace which was beautiful and reminded us of Thailand. We didn’t have too much time left so…
Mekong Delta
Our driver and English speaking guide picked us up in a really nice Toyota SUV; we felt like royalty! We listened to the history of Saigon and Vietnam, with dates and dynasties thrown in every direction! But overall, Dat was a very well informed guide and it was a good day. We drove about 2…
Saigon
A modern bustling city…somehow not what we imagined but Saigon has some very expensive shopping as well as everyday people shopping. The price on that LG TV practically floored me until I remember that it was in Vietnamese dong! (It is actually $1,812.88) The city’s traffic is crazy, like Hanoi, but maybe a bit crazier….
Hoi An
The loudspeaker starting blaring propaganda messages at 8am followed by over an hour of music and singing. Now this is not something you choose to listen to; this is something you are forced to listen to. Various messages came on several times during the day. Our hostess said they were reminding people to pay their…
Hue to Hoi An
So feeling pretty confident in our moto scootering skills, we booked with a company to ride scooter from Hue (say wheigh) to Hoi Ann, a 140 kilometer (86 miles) trip over the Hai Van Pass. It was a terrifying, exhilarating, tedious, mind numbing experience. We stopped at a fishing village and Elephant Springs to swim,…
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