As I write, we have been in Hanoi four days, pretty overwhelmed by this crazy city, and are about to depart for a five day trip that will take us out to Halong Bay and beyond and then to the interior, Sapa, for some light trekking. Probably no internet for a while, so I will stop the blog here for now.
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Sunset on the Mekong, down from our hotel |
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Breakfast: interesting presentation of a small sausage; I opted for the bacon |
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One of the things you do in Luang Prabang is get up at 5 in the morning to witness the procession of Buddhist monks going on their morning begging; at 4AM on the appointed morning, Vicki was awake, and said turn off the alarm; probably we're both going to come back as dung beetles; anyway, I construed this to be food left out for the monks |
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Complicating my trash bins of the world opus |
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First plastic-free hotel! |
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Also perhaps first ants restaurant; click to enlarge |
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Kalanchoe, one of my favorite plants because it's so easy to propagate... |
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The little leaflets fall off, root, and then become new plants; everything grows here |
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Independent travel lesson #14: whenever a van takes you somewhere, always get a photo and its license number |
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Beautiful flower in the middle of the street |
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Cottage industry in the old town: washing tourists' clothes |
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We have seen no RVs in southeast Asia, until Luang Prabang, where we saw this and two others |
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Vicki, outside the Vietnamese consulate |
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Right out of the Book of Revelation, right? |
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Salvador Dali shrine |
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Spare wat parts |
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Best kitler yet, for me |
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