Final countdown ... we leave tomorrow for our two-week tour of Southeast Asia. We leave Tuesday at 1 pm Minneapolis time, arrive in Bangkok (via Tokyo) at midnight on Wednesday, and will take Thursday to try to get over what promises to be some tough jetlag. Friday we leave our hotel at 6 am on a driving tour to Floating Markets 1 1/2 hours outside of the city, then to see the Bridge on the River Kwai. Saturday we're off to Siem Reap, Cambodia to tour the Angkor Wat temples, then on Monday we fly to the northern part of the old South Vietnam (Hoi An, Hue, and the DMZ). On Friday we fly to Ho Chi Minh City, and then back to Bangkok on Monday for our return flight on Tuesday.
It's a bit of 'if this is Tuesday, it must be Belgium', but we want to see a lot in a limited time frame. If I see something I really like, I'll know where to go for the next trip!
Stay tuned for more updates ...
Shopping at Bangkok Street Stall
Jim Thompson House - Bangkok
In front of Xa Loi Temple - Saigon
Saigon Mobile Diner
War Remnants Museum
American UH-1 Helicopter
Puppies for Sale on Saigon Street
Cobras in a Bottle
Firing AK-47 at Cu Chi
Cu Chi Tunnels - Resurfacing
Bicycling Through Mekong Delta Village
Elephant Ear Fish and Prawns - Mekong Delta
Paddling Down Creek in Mekong Delta
Gran and Mekong Tour Guide
Gran in Front of Uncle Ho
Saigonese in Ao Dai's
Wild and Crazy Cyclo Driver - Saigon
Saigon Street & Sewer Repairs
http://picasaweb.google.com/GRHarlow
Saigon Domaine Hotel Lobby
Wednesday November 14
Flooding South of Danang - From Air
Banana Seller in Danang
Danang Shop
City Scene - Danang
Lion Outside Danang Hotel
View of Han River
From Second Hotel in Danang
Damp in Danang
Golden Gate Hotel -- Regulations
Selling Beer (or Snakes?) on Tonle Sap Lake
Note the baby in the hammock
On the Tomle Sap Lake, Cambodia
With Mr. Teng -- see style of boat
Living Large on Tonle Sap, Cambodia
Ta Prohm - Tomb Raider Temple
In Front of Angkor Wat
Harlow, the Tomb Raider at Ta Prohm
Land Mine Victims/Musicians on Way to Ta Prohm
At Royal Palace Temple
History Book - Stone Wall Edition
Mr. Teng
Meditating Clown at Angkor Thom
Angkor Thom - Face in Stone
Buying Souvenirs at Angkor Thom
Riding the Elephant
Angkor Thom - South Gate
Angkor Thom South Gate
God and demons holding the body of a snake.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Bangkok Chinatown
Old Siam-Burma Railroad (near Kanchanaburi)
River Kwae Bridge (modern version)
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
Spirit House on Khlong near Floating Market
Long Tail Boat on the River -- Bangkok
Street Food
Temple of Emerald Buddha
Typhoon Peipah
Hoi An, Vietnam
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
3 comments:
your wives and children would love to know that you arrived! LV, KIM
From Accuweather: 12” of rain reported in Thailand.
Since my last (Accuweather) posting, Peipah has regained typhoon status over the South China Sea northwest of Luzon Island, Philippines. As of 1200 hours, GMT, the JTWC had highest sustained winds at 75 knots, or 135 kmh. The center of Peipah was about 350 miles--560 kms--northwest of Manila. The typhoon was drifting lazily westwards.
Peipah is blocked to the north and northwest by the North East Monsoon, which is a dry and relatively cool wind flow wafting out of East Asia. Pathways are open to the west-southwest and--maybe--to the east. Numerical forecasts along with the JTWC are plotting the way for Peipah over the open South China Sea to the southern half of Vietnam, where a landfall could happen this weekend.
Moisture recurving northeastward from Peipah to merge with the North Pacific jetstream has spread an unbroken belt of cloud for more than 5000 miles (8000 kms). Upon intersecting southwestern Japan, this moist stream wrung out 3.6 inches (9 cms) of rain over Kagoshima, southern Kyushu.
I was relieved to see that you arrived safely and that the typhoon is losing power; I tried to post the weather report last night; no luck. Thanks for the photos, Gran!
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