11/6/11: Guilin Li River Cruise to Yangshuo
After being out late again the previous night, I decided to forego the morning ‘sunrise’ images in deference for sleeping a bit and getting packed, as we were to leave…
11/5/11: Longji Mountain Village, Longsheng
As my hotel-mate Alan is a die-hard excercise fanatic (much like Heidi), he awoke at 0530 to go hike some karst hills before our bus left at 0900 for Longsheng.…
11/4/11: Firewalled in China!
Wow! Here I am in Guilin, China with a dedicated wireless connection in my 5-star hotel room, ready to post Malaysia and start getting Vietnam up, and... Both blogger and…
11/4/11: 4-day trip to Guangxi Province
We awoke to a fabulous blue-sky morning, and had breakfast out on the 6th Deck Garden Lounge, our last chance to say goodbye to the predominantly Filipino dining room crew…
11/3/11: Hong Kong: Dragon’s Back Hike
As the MV Explorer approached Hong Kong, a spire of light pierced the rather thick, marine cloud layer above. It was hazy beneath the cloud layer, and row upon row…
10/31/11: Vietnam in the rear view
Vietnam is one of the countries I’d looked forward to most, after hearing we’d be traveling on the Fall 2011 Voyage. I can’t say that I had any expectations (at…
10/30/11: Saigon’s Ben Thanh Market
Our last day in Vietnam, last chance to take advantage of the dirt-cheap (‘cheap-cheap’?) prices before heading to China. The four of us hopped the shuttle downtown to the indoor…
10/29/11: Vietnam Day 5: Mekong Delta
Heading for a day trip on the Mekong Delta with Reade, Tate and their buddy Scott Baker (Heidi was on call), I couldn’t help but think about the terrible flooding…
10/28/11: Hanoi, again
Our wonderful guide ‘Hung’ got us up and out early to get moving to the Halong Bay boat cruise. The immediate area around downtown Halong Bay where our hotel was…
10/27/11: Halong Bay
Our wonderful guide ‘Hung’ got us up and out early to get moving to the Halong Bay boat cruise. The immediate area around downtown Halong Bay where our hotel was…
10/26/11: Hanoi, Vietnam
The four of us left the ship at 0415 to catch a flight to Hanoi, about 1:40 flight time north of Saigon. The destination of our 3-day trip would be…
10/25/11: Vietnam Day 1: Cu Chi Tunnels
After the previous night’s combined cultural/logistical pre-port, I found myself wondering what it would be like to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, a network of tunnels the Viet Cong used…