Here’s a little taste of some musicians in Vietnam, which we seen when we visited the Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. Although I had heard the sounds before, I had never seen the equipment used to make them in action. It’s pretty cool. They even had a little mini (Read more…)
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It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything about my trip to Vietnam, I started going through some photos I had on the computer, and came across the big “Vietnam” folder I had here on my desktop. Thought I’d share this one with you guys: This is a butterfly. (Read more…)
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If you are watching this… I’m already on the plane back home. As you can see also… I didn’t really get that much of a tan! Here is a quick tour of the home in which Hang’s family was so wonderful, and hospitable. Thanks!
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Well, this is it. It’s been a wonderful ride, and an unforgettable experience. The time has past by fairly quickly, and now my bags are packed and ready to go back to the United States. It will be another exceptionally long series of flights to get back to Chicago, Illinois. (Read more…)
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I’ve known this since the second day here, but today I got a chance to actually see what a rubber mattress really looks like. These mattresses, which every bed in the house is fitted with, are extremely durable and will last a very long time. The experience of sleeping on (Read more…)
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Hello everybody! It’s obvious by now that when I said “new photos, videos, and blog posts daily” before, I didn’t really anticipate exactly how much I would actually get to doing it. Turns out, with everything in Indonesia, including Jakarta and Bali, as well as a ton of the recent (Read more…)
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Remember back when I told you about Hang’s Surprise? Well, that starts tomorrow, and we’re off to Indonesia at 8:00pm (local time) tomorrow night. It’ll be yet another area of Southeast Asia to add to my experience, and a whole other culture to live within. We’ll arrive in Jakarta relatively ate at (Read more…)
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Well it’s finally time for a big trip to the beach! We’ll all be heading out for our four-hour drive to the beautiful beaches of Vietnam, starting at 5:30am local time tomorrow morning! Yup, very early start for us, so I’m going to go get some sleep (since I have (Read more…)
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Since as early as a week before this trip, Hang as been reminding me that she has a surprise waiting for me, and that it’ll cost me a certain amount of money. I was told far in advance to reserve about $100USD for this “surprise” so that I’d have enough, (Read more…)
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Never thought shopping could be so… stressful, and interesting. There are many places within the shopping centers and markets of Vietnam that have a set price for the items they sell, and then there are those places which have no price posted. Those are the ones to look out for. (Read more…)
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