2015-02-18 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam

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February 24th 2015

Published: March 19th 2015

February 18, 2015. We are off to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), formerly and still locally known as Saigon, Vietnam to celebrate Tết! Tết celebrates the arrival of spring , and so is also celebrated as New Year's. Flowers were everywhere! We woke at 4:15 for our flight to HCMC. The Kaohsiung airport was a hopping place as it was Lunar New Year. We were told to get in line immediately to go through... Read Full Entry

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Custom Made Dress

Linda had this traditional Vietnamese dress made for her in 24 hours, and it looks gorgeous on her! It cost less than $30.00

19th March 2015

Mallory and Warren
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Saigon
Really enjoyed your blog. Brought back many memories from when we were there a few years ago.

19th March 2015

wayne
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nice
beautiful pics, so when were you guys home Linda? and how long are you going to be there? Are you teaching over there?

20th March 2015

Annette
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Dress
Hi, are you wearing anything under that beautiful traditional dress? It does look great and reminds me of your wedding dress... Awesome! But had to tease about what's under... reminds me of the kilt question...

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