Vietnam – Day 5

We woke up at 5am and headed to the airport. It was a comfortable 2-hour flight to Ho Chi Minh City. However our connecting flight to Dalat required several hours’ wait, so we left the airport, took a short city tour, had a pho lunch and walked around the Ben Thanh market where we were…

My Singapore Airlines flight was great. Bigger seats, greater reclining angle … I slept like a baby, woken up only to be fed (by the stewardess) and entertained (by KrisWorld). I watched Michael Clayton and American Gangster, and listened to Herbie Hancock’s Grammy award-winning album on Joni Mitchell songs. We had one of the smoothest…

A quick note to let everyone know I’m still alive and kicking in Manila. The people here have been very kind, and I have done a lot of talking, typing, pointing, clicking. My captive audience has, in return, been nodding their heads, asking questions and going “Ohhh!” gratifyingly, at suitable points in time. My mind…

I’m back from Kuala Lumpur after a 6 hour coach ride, through the 2nd Link. I heard that some friends in another coach had their chewing gum confiscated! Overall we had a lot of fun. I enjoyed the food but was careful not to overeat, and looked at a lot of shops, but as usual…

Shanghai was foggy when we arrived in the late afternoon, and remained murky until evening, when it got prettier simply because the city lights came on. We braced ourselves for the cold weather, but even the 3 layers of clothes I was wearing didn’t seem to make a difference. Walking home from dinner, we stepped…

I stayed in Paris from Saturday 20 – Tuesday 23 May 2006. Here is a day-by-day account with tips for potential visitors. Photos will be inserted after they’ve been uploaded. View Paris 2006 – The Louvre photos View Paris 2006 – d’Orsay and garden photos We arrived in the early hours of the morning at…