During this time we spent a lot of time with our friends Thao, Tham, and Ahn, as well as Thao’s sister and friend and her cousin Thuy, who was our guide for an afternoon. Saw some sights including Ho Hoan Kiem Lake, the Temple of Literature (Vietnam’s oldest university founded in 1066), a traditional water […]
Month: September 2015
Sapa at harvesting season
We have been in Sapa for nearly 3 days and we have been loving ever minute of it. We took 3 short treks with Giang who is a local Hmong and very helpful to explain the local culture. Denise wandered the streets and found the local market. We went to the village […]
Into Hanoi 24 Sep 2015
Arrived into Hanoi to be greeted at the airport by our friend Thinh, who we met when he was a graduate student at Colorado State University about 10 years ago. He is now Dr. Thinh and head of the Department of Wildlife at Vietnam Forestry University in Xuan Mai. He very graciously put us up […]
To Tokyo
Left DIA at 0755 on September 20. Perfect time to go through this airport, virtually no lines at either the United checkin or security. Had plenty of time to get a good breakfast and mosey over to our gate. Had a 3 hour flight to Vancouver,which has a nice international departure area, though for reasons […]
Brief update
We are safely in Hanoi after spending three days in Tokyo. We have not had time yet to post anything other than this brief note, but hope to catch up in the next day or two. We have been able to spend time with our Japanese friend Miharu and our Vietnamese friend Thinh who have […]
