Sa Pa

The beautiful Sa Pa... H'mong mountanards (as the French call them) nguoi nui, mountain people.

Central Vietnam

"The Saigon Kiss"
Motorbike exhaust pipe burn. Lovely isn't it?

Trains, Pirate Coves and Emperor Tombs

These are photos from central Vietnam.




17th Paralle. The Bridge that separated the Communist North and Socalist South during the American War (in Vietnam, the Vietnam War is called the American War).

Pottery Village

fried fish and stone splinters

The Black Sails of Ha Long Bay...



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funny photo, eh?



Maybe we'll start a band, this can be our album cover.

This is what 9 o'clock at night looks like on Quan Lan island.

Just sittin' on the dock of the bay.

So at 4:30 in the afternoon, 3 of us had the brilliant idea of renting a small kayak-like raft, also known as a 'ducky' (for it's patheticness of not obtaining the status of raft nor kayak).
It went fine until we decided to try and "catch" a wave. Instead of catching it we just went right into it and I got thrown off the front onto a pile of rocks. Except for the 1/4 inch stone spilter stuck in my foot it was quite fun! Anyway, these are the photos of Shorty getting it out with tweezers and a needle. After 2 hours and countless gin and tonics later, we got the splinter (which had shattered into 4 pieces) out of my foot.
We eventually paddled to an island that would be the climbers paradise/torture chamber. The walls had unbelieveable holds, but the texture of the rock looked like the whipped frosting of a Birthday cake and felt like grabbing the pointy parts of forks and knives and barbecue thongs. Rough life.

Village Festival (February 12th)

On Sunday February 12th our group went to a small village, Song V an, 70 kilometers (45 miles or so) outside of Hanoi for a traditional festival. Wild stuff.

Ho Hum