Monthly Archives: January 2007

Last day in HCMC, a tourist one as well as an exciting bike day. First the tourism. Standard fare of the museums, historical monuments and war memorials. As Vietnam has been the object of being occupied for 1500 years much … Continue reading →

Commerce lessons continued with my walks, dinner and then evening walk. Sidewalks are not for motorbike parking. However, people set up shops on the sidewalks and charge to watch your motor bike and presumably to park. When I asked our … Continue reading →

A perfect cool morning, started about 7 am at the 5th floor restaurant. Wore a long sleeve shirt and was just mildly warm. Had a great seat overlooking the Saigon River. The Majestic is a Colonial Hotel built in 1925. … Continue reading →

Short night of sleep. Guess I am either excited to start seeing the city, jet lagged or not too tired from having slept quite a bit on the plane. Probably a bit of all of the above. This keyboard is … Continue reading →

Arrived without incident. Long flight of course. The picture, likely to be terrible, is in the arrivals hall. Tried to get a sense of the number of people and their density. Got picked up and taken to the Majestic Hotel. … Continue reading →

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