Incredibly large cavern with interesting Stalagmite formations.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Iconic Halong Bay, Vietnam with 1,900 islands
This stop was a highlight of the cruise. Today Halong Bay is a Unesco Heritage Site
and now one of the World’s 7 Natural Wonders.
Sadly for most disappointed people, the entire Bay and town was fogged
in all day. For Glenn and me, along with
maybe 20 other insane Kayakers, we had a terrific day. Fortunately we booked the Kayak tour in
advance, otherwise we would have totally thought twice between the gloom and
fog. Took a Junk Boat out to the
floating docks to pick up the Kayaks for some beautiful scenery and caves. Note that Roz courageously was taking selfies
on the kayak as Glenn did his best to photo bomb while I tried to keep the
camera dry. Got to go, time for lunch
and Maj Jong.
Bike Ride to Hoi An from Da Nang Port in Vietnam
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17 mile uneventful bike ride with Motor Scooters in the
rear, honking for no good reason. Bit
intimidating. Hoi An is an ancient city,
charming, mostly small shops. Tremendous
amount of very high end condos and hotels along the coastal bike ride. Mostly visited by Russians and Chinese.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Cu Chi Tunnels
Here the South Vietnamese people, siding with the North
Vietnamese, hid for up to 10 years. This
is what made warfare so frightening and difficult for the Americans, because
these rebels could not be found. The
tunnels go for 200 miles, 3 levels underground. There was no evidence of tunnel entry
points. Some of the tunnels went under
the American Base to secure there would be no fear of being bombed out. The pictures shown have enlarged tunnels for visitors,
they were actually narrower. Unbelievably tiny and frightening inside.
Booby traps
everywhere. 
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