Reading and Roaming
Yesterday we traveled by car from Hoi An to Hue via the Marble Mountains and the Cham Museum. From Hoi An, we drove through Danang and along the coast passing many ocean resorts with new ones under construction. Tourism is big business for both Danang and Hoi An. As any of my generation will recall, Danang was …
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It has been a busy several days and so I’m just now getting caught up on our recent adventures. This part of our trip is vacation, that’s if you can call it that when you’re retired! We left Hanoi for the almost 4 hour trip by car to the marina at Halong Bay where we …
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Yesterday we visited the Vietnam National Museum of Nature (VNMN) and met with the director, assistant director, and head of the specimen collection department. VNMN is a new museum, having only been founded in 2006. They are state-owned and under the aegis of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. Within Vietnam, they are one …
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After our morning of serious eating, we strolled around the nearby lake and enjoyed taking photos and just people watching in general. Since it was Sunday, there were lots of families and couples out and about, one bridal couple having professional photos taken, and just people everywhere, almost everyone with a smartphone and a few …
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