Sunday, Day 2 – went to the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. Wonderful sights! I am uploading some photos to [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/vantan), so check that out later. Internet connection is patchy, even in this expensive 5 star hotel.
Day 3 – Real class began. Met 2 Government officials and 4 young enterprising men. We gave some ideas and I hope that the ones I gave can be implemented. It would be interesting to see if they work.
Off to dinner soon…
We had a pleasant two-hour flight into HCM City (aka Saigon). The ride into town was quite an experience. In Saigon, there’s a gentle sort of organised chaos on the roads, where motorcyclists, cyclists, cars and pedestrians avoid each other by inches, and do it almost effortlessly. Their trick is to move slowly. We passed…
Mm! This is a photo of me at Cafe Coyote, one of the best Mexican restaurants in the Old Town area of San Diego. Because there are so few Mexican restaurants in Singapore, I wanted to try as much Mexican food as possible while I was over here. The other highlight was visiting my uncles’…
Somehow the flight back to Singapore felt less gruelling than my flight to the US. Maybe it was because I felt the worst was over and I had already gone through the two transits, so I knew what to expect. I also stopped counting down the hours, because a lot of hours are involved and…
This coming week I will be in South Australia. I’m unlikely to post updates using this blog, because I’m getting tired of MT but have no time to either upgrade to version 5 or (more likely) migrate to WordPress. Twitter’s been erratic (still down, at the time of writing), so if I do send updates,…
(Written 5.15pm, Tokyo time.) We touched down in Tokyo’s Narita airport for a brief transit. We were led through another security scan before we could get back onto the plane. Being bleary-eyed (it was past midnight, LA time, and about 2+am Austin time), I was about to place my bag on the conveyor belt until…
We fly to Saigon today. I prefer to call the city the way its locals call it. I consider myself a fairly seasoned traveller. The biggest dilemma for me is deciding whether or not to bring the newly-polished* VanPod II, as well as my digital camera charger. My main bag will be small, because I…