Hué to go!
Yes-Hué!
Hué not?
HuéMo?
Some Hué over the rainbow…?
AnyHué…?
Hué are you?
HuHuHué?
Sorry to be so Hanoiing. See you there next…
Month: April 2026
Vietnam ’26, Pt. 3
After five days in HCMC, including two with Intrepid, our tour flew to Hoi An to take in Hội An Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For hundreds of years, Hoi An has been a center of Asian culture, with representatives of Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese groups. First up, the home. of a wealthy old family in town and a Chinese cultural center…
More of the Chinese communal center, and the famous Japanese bridge…
Walking around the old town of Hoi An, including dinner, a taste of the colorful water activities at night, and instructions on how to pee (and not pee). Note Mark, a fellow traveler and doppelganger of my buddy Josh Crockett…
The next day was all about bikes. An early morning ride in the neighboring rice paddies, a later morning ride to the old town, and an afternoon ride, again into the ride paddies, etc. This first batch includes some of the local market and a particular shirt vendor.
More of Hoi An, including the Museum of Traditional Medicine…
Neat buildings, nice pool! The afternoon bike ride included some farm & garden explorations…
Some clips from the bike ride…
After the bike ride, we took a boat ride to dinner, then back to the old town…
Some clips from the boat ride…
After breakfast, our tour left Hoi An for Hué. Here’s a stop over at a famous pass over a mountain range, and another at place with a cultured pearl industry…
Next: which Hué…
Vietnam ’26, Pt. 2
More of HCMC. Thanks to Mai, got some laundry done! Food, the Saigon Opera House, and a walk to Book Street…
More from a walk along Book Street, including an English teacher and his class having a photo shoot, plus the paleta man…
Back of the Opera, then more Saigon at night, and the next morning’s breakfast. Family cemetery in a farm field…
Trip on the Mekong Delta…
Coconut candy packaging…!
Coconut candy factory, delicious snake juice, various tropical flowers, and local crocodile apparel…
Tuktuk ride to lunch…
Tuktuk, lunch, more Mekong River Delta & islands therein, then back to HCMC…
HCMC stroll zone from the high rise food court…
Cam Un!