Blogs from Ho Chi Minh City, Southeast, Vietnam, Asia - page 253

Christmas and New Years were pretty good in Vietnam! On Christmas Eve, Marta and I delivered some presents to the neighbors (boxes of fruit). They were touched by the gesture and invited us over for a meal. It was unbelievable. First we sat on a small porch in a three room house - the porch was overflowing with broken fans, tools, light fixtures, etc. If we had been in the states, I would have associated it with a home of a meth addict - clearly that wasn't the case here. We had a very humble meal of shrimp and clams, and some beer. Then, we went across the street for a larger meal with our other neighbors. They had maybe five or six dishes, three of which were from dog!! (Thit cho). IT was SENSATIONAL!! Seriously ... read more

Hi, It appears that the most difficult daily task in Ho Chi Nin City (Saigon) is crossing the street. Much more difficult than doing this in a big city in India. Lots of scooter drivers that drive and drive and do not stop. At the beginning in our pathetic trials to cross the street, local people helped us and showed how to do it: you just cross, the scooter drivers will divert eventually and manage not to override us, somehow... Second difficult task is the language. Most of the people don't know English. But even when they know, their accent is very difficult to understand. And the other way around: it is very difficult for them to understand our accent. So sometimes I use writing which is very helpful. After one week in Thailand where no ... read more

During the Library of Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao tour, the group took a night off when we went through Ho Chi Minh City to give a party for my two special Vietnam daughters who both had recently graduated from school. Trang Nguyen my Rotary Daughter and Ngat Dao who I call a special daughter. Trang had recently graduated from Flight Attendant School of Vietnam Airlines and is now a regular flight attendant and Ngat Dao who recently graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University. She had graduated from college and university in Vietnam which is a six year program. She is now looking for a job in business. I call her my special daughter but really she is a Rotary daughter too as I met her Aunt during a Rotary trip to Vietnam several years ago and ... read more

Some pics from my time in South East Asia...... These are just a taster.....I have lots more so will bore you all with them when I get back! lots of christmas sparkles and love xxx... read more

Yo! Buster Lovers everywhere. Yes, Joe and I are sitting in beautiful downtown Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon to the lower grades) and missing the third G1 - Tez - that had to return to Singapore last Sunday. This message is just to inform you that the entire trip will be put on the blog upon our return home. It makes sense if you think about it. When you are in the upper echelons of the Buster hierachy you just don't have time to sit around internet cafes updating blogs. No, we are simply too time poor for such pursuits when our days are spent eating breakfast, drinking beers, buying meals, walking around a bit, visiting souvenir shops and fomenting the revolution in third world countries. A QUICK OVERVIEW Thailand was well and truly Busted wide ... read more