Tuesday, November 6, 2012

'Nam

Ernie and I helping carry grain in Central Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam


Available in 'Nam 

An alleyway in Hanoi, Vietnam

Hanoi graffiti

Hoa Lo Prison, Hanoi.  Where John McCain was held during the Vietnam War. 

Ho Chi Minh City

Alleyway in Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon Notre Dame Basilica, Ho Chi Minh City

My Easy Rider bike and guide. Mr. Hien

Flowers in Central Vietnam. (Photo credit: Morgan)

Elephant Waterfalls, Central Vietnam

Vietnam countryside

Floating houses, Central Vietnam

The group in a tradition Vietnamese hut. 

Mom & her pups.

'Nam baby

Old French church destroyed by floods in the 1950s

'Nam baby out in the rice fields with her family. 

Easy Rider guide telling us about cocoa trees 

Mountains in Central Vietnam

Nha Trang fish port

Vinpearl Water Park, Nha Trang, Vietnam.  Tony & Austin

About to race at Vinpearl Water Park. 

The group in the wave pool, Vinpearl 

Vinpearl Water Park

The beautiful ancient city in Hoi An. 

Ancient city, Hoi An

Hoi An

The group at dinner in Hoi An.  (Ernie went back to BKK for hockey)
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Hanoi Cathedral (students doing their morning workouts) 

Hanoi 

Our boat to Ha Long bay. (Pre-typhoon)

The group in Ha Long Bay (Pre-typhoon)

Ha Long Bay

The group and our vessel. Ha Long Bay. 

Sunken ship (post-typhoon)

I rent a motorbike in Hanoi...scary. 

Just an elephant walking the streets of some small town in Central Vietnam. 

Image from the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. 

Anti-America image from War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City
“Part of a wall left also required Nixon to pay for this blood debt.”

Anti-American image War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.
 “Budapest Patriotic Front supporting Vietnam against the U.S., 1968” 

Coffee beans, Central Vietnam

Jars fermenting rice beer. 


Ernie and his Easy Rider tour guide. 

Communist propaganda like this was all over Vietnam, it is an image of the late Ho Chi Minh.  

cow

Anti-American image War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.
"Asia supporting Vietnam against U.S"

Vietcong War Victory Monument. 

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Phuket and Ko Phi Phi

Phuket is Phun

Under construction

Sunset on a beach in Phuket

Fire on a beach, Phuket

USS John C. Stennis.  Our ferry wasn't allowed to go any closer.  

Fire show, Ko Phi Phi

Ko Phi Phi

Fire hoop, Ko Phi Phi

Tony loves babies

Just another beach, Ko Phi Phi

The beach from the movie, "The Beach" 

The Beach

Dinner in Ko Phi Phi

The boys, Ko Phi Phi

Morgan & the Monkey. Ko Phi Phi