I guess Ed and I should have gone to Vietnam later in the year, because on December 6, 2007 American Michael David Magidson became the 4 millionth international visitor to Vietnam in 2007. According to the Saigon Times, the "65-year-old lucky visitor, a businessman from New York city, received two free return tickets for any international flight on Vietnam Airlines, and a voucher of a seven-day … [Read more...]
Borneo – Nexus Resort Karambunai
We were off to the island of Borneo. The province of Malaysia we were visiting is called Sabah. The Nexus Resort Karambunai was to be our home for the next ten days. The plan was to relax from the rushing around we had been doing in the cities we visited. The Nexus turned out to be the perfect place to do this. The resort has a spa and golf course both of which we took advantage of. The resort … [Read more...]
Leaving Vietnam: Thousands See us Off
We were picked up from our hotel at 10:00pm and taken to the airport. Upon arrival there were hundreds if not thousands of people outside the terminal building seeing friends and loved ones off. Our guide explained that this was customary to have several individuals see you off. We wound our way through the sea of waving arms and made it into the terminal. The check-in at the Asiana counter went … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Cu Chi Tunnels
I found our visit to the Cu Chi tunnel system fascinating. It is part of a 200km network or tunnels used by the Viet Cong. The area was sprayed with Agent orange and heavily bombed by the US and several bomb craters are still evident. The displays of the traps that were set out are spine chilling. Our guide Phuong demostrated entering one of the concealed tunnel entrances, as shown in the next … [Read more...]
Photos from Malaysia Uploaded
We're about to head off to Borneo where I won't have an internet connection in the hotel room at the resort... so even LESS writing than we've been doing. But in the meantime, I've uploaded some pictures to my Flickr account at http://www.flickr.com/photos/roamsters/ Enjoy! … [Read more...]