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Published: November 12th 2007
Greetings from Ho Chi Minh City! We left Hong Kong this morning after an amazing time there! Had a fabulous breakfast at the hotel and then boarded the bus for the airport (private terminal again.......complete with chocolate cookies/chocolate bars/water/juice/coffee, etc. waiting for us.......it's rough, I tell ya!) and then our flight to Viet Nam.
It was a quick flight, only about 2 hours and a bit.......and we turned our watches back an hour. We arrived in Viet Nam, coming into the brand new terminal (which opened in Sept. 2006). Gorgeous! Coming off the plane, it was like walking into a wall of humidity for me! My hair went flat immediately, and so it will go for the next few weeks. C'est la vie!
The bus ride to the hotel was very brief; the buses were most comfortable and the local tour guides are most charming! We had a welcome drink and then it was off to our rooms for a short while. Back on the bus, we headed into the heart of the city........had a brief city tour, going to China Town (a new stop this year) to visit a temple, then on to a Palace, and then over
to the Main Post Office and the Cathedral. Time was tight because traffic was nuts! You've really got to be here to experience this.......pictures will give you a sense of it, but quite frankly it's something to experience in real life. Our bus driver is amazing! I'll add more pictures after we drive around tomorrow because it's just mind boggling! I know that everyone on my bus was duly entertained!
Back to the hotel for a bit of quiet time (right now) and to get ready for dinner tonight. We are heading to a dinner cruise which will be quite enjoyable!
It's 10 p.m. and we're back from our Bonsai Dinner Cruise. Oh what a night...........the Green Team rocks! It was so much fun. Fabulous food, great music, free neck massages (to die for, apparently!), excellent company, fun dancing..........lots of laughs. Oh what a night, for sure! Doug Ripley celebrated his birthday in style!!!! (Wonder what he will do next year??????)
Not much more I can add in words, as the pictures will speak for themselves. We have a big day tomorrow, so I will upload as many pictures of today as possible to give you a
sense of where we are and what we are experiencing. If the uploading is a slow process tonight, you'll get the rest tomorrow.......I promise!
Enjoy! (by the way, in Hong Kong, we stayed at the Langham Place Hotel in the heart of Kowloon; www.hongkong.langhamhotels.com; people were asking me. In Viet Nam, we are at the Equatorial Hotel; www.equatorial.com/hcm)
(Good night, Mom! I love you!)
Happy, happy Pat
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Thank you Pat
Thank you Pat for the time, effort and dedication on your part for doing this blog so that those of us who cannot be on this tour with all of you can still share your experiences in words and photos.