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July 2004

Read about Sunday, July 25, 2004

We actually succeeded in a long-term plan, and made it back to Bangkok in perfect time to meet up with Adrian and Gil. We had a fun afternoon with drinks by the pool, and a nice dinner in the hotel restaurant with the freezing airconditioner. It was great to see friendly and familiar faces, and share so many "same same but different" experiences from Thailand and Cambodia! So who's coming to visit us next? Posted by Robin

Read about Thursday, July 22, 2004

You may have heard that most of Asia is flooding right now. Well, three days of solid rain in Hanoi has certainly done some damage, but amazingly, our trips to both Halong Bay and Tam Coc found breaks in the rain and some amazing photo opportunities. Next up, we say good bye to Vietnam and head back to Bangkok to actually meet up with people we know from home! Posted by Robin

Read about Monday, July 19, 2004

We spent last week on the back of motorcycles, riding through the central higlands of Vietnam. Now, we're relaxing in Hanoi. We almost stayed at the Hanoi Hilton. No, not the infamous P.O.W. camp, but an actual Hilton hotel. But at the last minute, we changed to the Hanoi Sheraton, so I guess the lame joke I'll tell at cocktail parties will have to always include the word "almost!" Posted by Robin

Read about Sunday, July 4, 2004

We've made it to a whole new country. We're back in the land of Communism, and location of America's great defeat of the twentieth century, the beautiful country of Vietnam. Let the dominoes fall where they may, we love this place. Then again, we seem to say that a lot... Posted by Robin