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We spent Xmas Eve in Hoi An. It was wonderful to be in a smallish, quiet town without hideous Christmas music blaring everywhere. We did encounter a few Santas though!
This kid was really excited that we asked him for a photo.
A white Santa
We had a quiet dinner at a restaurant near the waterfront (including a […]
Five hundred years ago, many of the streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter were named according to the goods that were sold here. Many of the streets have retained their names, although only a few of them still specialize in their original craft. Here are a few examples from the Rough Guide:
Street Name
Meaning
Modern Specialty
Hang Dau
Oil
Shoes
Hang Ma
Paper […]
From the NYT travel section’s list of 53 Places to Go in 2008, via my Mom:
Vietnam and Cambodia are so 2007.
Good thing we’ll make it there before the year is up!
(Although this article contradicts itself: it claims that Vietnam is “so 2007,” then lists it later as one of the 53 places to go in […]
We’re still trying to keep things flexible, but here’s the tentative itinerary:
Arrive in Hanoi on December 16, explore the city for a couple of days
Halong Bay cruise, then back to Hanoi
Fly down to the central coast: visit Hue, Hoi An, My Son (how much time we spend in this area may depend on weather)
A beach […]
Back in May, I wrote that Kenny and I had intended to keep our itinerary for our Guatemala/Belize trip somewhat flexible — and then we ended up booking hotels for almost every night of the trip a few weeks before we left. We’re doing better at being spontaneous for Vietnam and Cambodia. We leave in […]
A few things on my mind today:
Why, when viewing the website for any retail store, is it always so hard to find the “Store Locator” link?
How is it that, after 7 years in office surrounded by fully literate people, our illustrious president still hasn’t learned to pronounce the word “nuclear”? (he made a speech in […]
“I hate UPS. I hate so many things.”
So said my disgruntled husband today, upon seeing the following status for his package on UPS.com:
Your package has experienced an exception.
Awesome. I couldn’t write better error text if I tried.
The package he’s tracking on UPS is his birth certificate, that he ordered a few weeks ago when we […]
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