It's always nice to know that you are headed to a tropical destination during winter, but to know that it will be -25c when you are away is even sweeter. With that, we said good-bye to Edmonton. After a full day of flying, we finally made it to Saigon on Saturday night. Other than a very long 14-hour flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong, things went off with out much hassle. Shauna didn't get any sleep on the Hong Kong flight, so I was bracing for the worst of "Dragon Lady" (aka Shauna) upon our arrival in Saigon; however, she handled everything in stride. While I was putting the bikes together at the airport, she arranged a mini-van to downtown. It was now 11:30 pm and even though the center of town was only seven kilometers ... read more