Our flight to Siem Reap was a quick 45 minutes and we quickly entered the chaos that is the Siem Reap Airport. After the efficient HCMC airport process, this was totally opposite. As we walked into the terminal from the tarmac, everyone was handed another paper to fill out (we already filled out two forms on the plane for passport control). So, everyone was standing outside trying to find pens and someplace to write. There were several planes that all arrived...

Good Morning Vietnam! Ok, had to get that saying out of the way! Such a classic phrase and how many times do you get to use while actually in Vietnam?  Now, what to call it? Saigon is what those of us grew up in the 60's and 70's know it as, but it is now called Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and I have yet to figure out what is proper. So, for typing efficiency sake, I will refer to it as HCMC.  Our flight from Hong Kong was uneventful. It was an old...

As I start this blog, I want to dedicate it to my dear friend Nancy Warren who recently passed away from a very brief, but deadly cancer. She and her husband, TM Sell were avid world travelers and she began sending updates on their travels a few years ago.   Because I loved reading her travelogues, I started doing it for my family, just to keep them updated on where I was and anything fun that I encountered.   I know that Nancy and TM did South Asia a few y...

So, the night went by way to slowly....meaning, Ken couldn't sleep and I was restless. We had decided to make the 9:00am train to Amsterdam which got in around 12:15p, which was in time to get a bit of sightseeing in. After not sleeping great, that 9:00am train started sounding like 5:00am.  Nevertheless, we hauled ourselves out of bed, made it down to a light breakfast and grabbed the taxi to the train station. Once again, we forget that we really only...