Sunday, July 4, 2010

Northern Vietnam in 100 words or less















Photos of Hanoi can be seen at:http://picasaweb.google.com/robyou/Hanoi62262571732010?feat=directlink

Photos of Halong Bay: http://picasaweb.google.com/robyou/HalongBay6256272010?feat=directlink

Photos of Sapa: http://picasaweb.google.com/robyou/SapaVietnam628712010?feat=directlink

We've had a busy couple of wks, so busy that we lagged on our blogging (correction: sorry we couldn't even get the inaugural entry off the ground!) In that time, we've visited Hanoi, Halong Bay, and Sapa. We've managed to use 2 treatments of cipro (Steve now understands why he can't order iced drinks), get swindled by 12 year old hill tribe girls (with the saddest eyes you've ever seen, but graced with beautiful smiles), watch a dog and pig get slaughtered for an evening meal (although fresh, did not sway me over to the other side!) and almost lose a hiking boot in knee deep clay on the way to some natural hot springs (got my foot and shoe out with some valiant efforts from Steve and our guide Thien). Looking forward to what comes next after a good night's rest....

Btw, sorry we don't have pics to upload. Please complain to Apple on our behalf since they can't seem to provide the accessory to connect our camera to the iPad in sufficient quantities.

Robyn

3 comments:

  1. Happy 4th of July guys! Sounds like it's already been an adventure. It was 115 degrees today, and even the dogs refuse to go outside. Keep up with the blogging, and find a way to get pics up damnit! :) Let me know if you need me to send more cipro!

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  2. FUN!!! What a great start for you all....I probably would've packed it up and called it a day by now LOL :D

    Can't wait to read more. Next time go with a non-Apple Product because you can use Windows Live to blog offline and on - adding pictures is only a matter of copying & pasting....but, it doesn't work on macs or apple products since it's made by Microsoft :)

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  3. Thanks for the tip. I should have asked for your advice before we left...doh!

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