December 2010
35 posts
WatchHappy New Year from Hoi An !!
After a full day of motorbiking, we’ve arrived safely in Hoi An. We left Hue about 9:30am this morning & have just checked in at 4:30pm
Along the way we stopped at Suoi Voi Springs and saw a big rock Elephant. Had lunch near Lang Co Beach, and stopped at China Beach & Marble Mountains near Danang.
I’ll post more pics in a while but for...
WatchSometimes a photo doesn’t do justice to the breadth of the scenery in front of you.
So I prefer to shoot a brief video clip.
This is Perfume, shot outside of Hue.
A large number of vietnamese emperor mausoleums/tombs are along Perfume River.
After a 5 hour bus from Ha Long Bay back to Hanoi, we’re now on a 12 hour overnight bus from Hanoi to Hue. We arrive sometime in the morning.
WatchOn the bus back to Hanoi.
WatchThis morning on the way back from Cat Ba island to Hai Phong City, we stopped to take a brief tour in some small lagoons under cave arches.
WatchTraffic in Hanoi.
Watch out for the dude oblivious to it all.
Christmas in Frankfurt
Frohe Weihnachten !!!
That’s Merry Christmas in German.
After getting booted off the plane yesterday, we all got put on Buses & driven to the Marriott in Frankfurt.
Lou & I were checked into a room on the 32nd floor with a lovely view. A quick freshen up & we headed to the bar downstairs. The bar turned out to be quite a rowdy sports bar frequented by locals & almost...
Security dude at Frankfurt stopped the thinkTANKphoto Retro10 after the Xray scan. Took it to one side & opened it. Picked up 30D. Could tell it was a camera. Put it back.
Pointed at the landy.
“what’s this?”
Me “a camera”
Security dude raises an eyebrow
Opens front pocket, points at film SLR body
“what’s this?”
me “a...
