Sunflower Hotel Hanoi

... the lives of US prisoners in the prison. They basically say, "Sure, they missed their families, but other than that, they had a comfortable life, with every amenity they could have wanted!" The propoganda is thick, so thick you could drown in it. Of course, when describing conditions kept in the prison by the French for Vietnamese prisoners, conditions were positively in humane and torturous. But when the US troops were there ...

... when we are almost done eating, Tho's crazy uncle comes over and makes everyone at our table fill our glasses to the brim and then toasts and we must shoot the beer all the way down. My hashing experience comes in handy here. Everyone has at least one crazy uncle in their family. In my mom's family it would be Uncle Joe as the hands down winner and my dad's family...ooh I don't know - can you help Carle family on this one? You know it's the one that gets the party ...

... br>How to cross a street in Hanoi :

First you need confidence, because there are not really any traffic light, take a deep breath and go, walk slow, but walk, look for those crazy cyclists' eyes just so you allow them enough time to avoid you from either right or left...

I have to get a vieo a that for you guys...

... cut, hair washing, a straight edge razor shave, scalp and face massage. And the good news is it looks pretty darn good. So I guess I won't have to go into hiding.Goodbye

Alright friends and family its getting late here so I'll be saying đường mòn hạnh phúc cho bạn or in English "happy trails to you".

* On a sad note I learned that a close friend of our family passed away today (Elmer Reis) - he will be ...

... in the brown sauce tasted it and it was good. I then squeezed a lime into it and yes it was still tasty. I moved onward to the pepper/garlic combo, mixed it in and all was well in my taste bud world. As the contents of the bowl began to shrink, as did the beer, it got down to grasping the sides of the bowl and slurping down the remaining contents. This is where the trouble started - most of the remaining broth was filled with red pepper chunks and ...

... dall'italia del treno che stanotte ci portera' a Lao Cai che vicinissimo al confine con la Cina. Sosta sulla terrazza di un Cafe' dalla quale osserviamo lo sfecciare di migliaia di motorini che trasportano di tutto in quanto qui e' il mezzo di trasporto piu' comune e utilizzato. lasciamo gli zaini in deposito all'Hotel Risin Dragon dove pernotteremo in seguito. Giro nei vicoli super ...

... accosted by an elderly woman who shoves her wooden
shoulder-pole at my throat, backing me up against the glass storefront,
"You buy peanuts, two-dollars." I push her away, and yell "khong" or
"no;" I don't yet know how to say, "get away from me!" Aggression.

Humidity: After surviving one-day in Hanoi city, these island girls
decide they need to get away, to find water and a sea breeze! We book
a 3-day, 2-night boat cruise to Ha Long Bay on ...

... they were pushing and moving us forward and the Sea police were stopping us going any further forward so some of us linked arms for a better fighting chance to get on. When they opened the gates it was INSANE!!! Son said 'Run' and he meant it - the local went berzerk!! They were sprinting down the ramp to the barge, up the stairs to get one of the very few seats available. As a group we forged through the masses and managed to find a table with enough ...

... dans les prochains mois, mon Pat!! ...Aie Annie, tu étais témoin. Après tout, nous voulons respecter notre fils dans ses origines et habitudes......! ;) Thomas dit qu'il peut s'occuper des bébés sans problème. Il ne change pas de couche, par contre............OK mon Thom.....Allez voir sur la photo ses habiletés de père en devenir. La journée s'est très bien déroulé. Départ de l'ile de Cat Ba tot en matinée (lets hurry ...