andyp and I are on our way out. We leave at 4am. It's about midnight now. I am close to finished packing. I'm doing 2 last excel projects before, so that I can ditch my excel book. I have a whole lot of room left so I'll be packing quite a bit of stuff on the return flight I hope! If anyone wants something, I know it's kind of late but I will have to be online later on the trip to do some quizzes, I'll check here for requests.
So far I know one person that requests that I get a hat in vietnam, and another person requests a keychain for a keychain collection.
Pictures to come after!
So far I know one person that requests that I get a hat in vietnam, and another person requests a keychain for a keychain collection.
Pictures to come after!
oh yeah for those that don't know we're out march 1st - march11th.
a starving orphan child please!
picked up some snake wine! hopefully it won't be an issue bringing it over. the trip has been amazing and we're only about half through. we've hit temples in hanoi, a bonsai garden, the mausoleum of ho chi minh, and the markets.
hit halong bay, which was the best view from the sea that i've ever seen by a longshot. went to caves in the thousand islands by the bay, had some coconut milk(?) and saw a house on the top of an island mountain. went to a town that seemed dedicated to ceramic craft. around that town there was this warehouse like place that was really nice, there was huge marble works for sale. the place was full of sculptures furniture and textiles of all types. it was run by the 'unfortunates' which seemed to have disabilities of many kinds. but the people working the sales floor were very skilled at service and seemed pretty professional. they were mostly also pretty good at understanding english. i also bought a silk jacket there ;D
most of that stuff was in the hanoi area, now we're much more south in a city called Hue. we travelled the perfume river by boat and went to a kings temple that was impressive. i would say more about it but i was feeling pretty sick yesterday and about to pass out. i think i ate or drank something bad :\ i'm feeling much better now, but i was physically very tired, with a headache and a bit of a temp i think.. we also saw the female buddha who is atop the mountain, it's a very large structure that you can see from the river. oh and i almost forgot we got to see a buddhist pagoda before that temple.
this is just a short update, there have been many photos on this adventure :o
hit halong bay, which was the best view from the sea that i've ever seen by a longshot. went to caves in the thousand islands by the bay, had some coconut milk(?) and saw a house on the top of an island mountain. went to a town that seemed dedicated to ceramic craft. around that town there was this warehouse like place that was really nice, there was huge marble works for sale. the place was full of sculptures furniture and textiles of all types. it was run by the 'unfortunates' which seemed to have disabilities of many kinds. but the people working the sales floor were very skilled at service and seemed pretty professional. they were mostly also pretty good at understanding english. i also bought a silk jacket there ;D
most of that stuff was in the hanoi area, now we're much more south in a city called Hue. we travelled the perfume river by boat and went to a kings temple that was impressive. i would say more about it but i was feeling pretty sick yesterday and about to pass out. i think i ate or drank something bad :\ i'm feeling much better now, but i was physically very tired, with a headache and a bit of a temp i think.. we also saw the female buddha who is atop the mountain, it's a very large structure that you can see from the river. oh and i almost forgot we got to see a buddhist pagoda before that temple.
this is just a short update, there have been many photos on this adventure :o
yeahyeahyeahyeah!
i can't wait for the pictures
i can't wait for the pictures
nice dp just bring me something cool back haha.
no starving orphan child?
no not really, they eat tourists...financially.
what sort of thing do you want? we got nam shirts for 16,000vnd, oh and hats. lots of the stuff in the city here is tourist kind of materials. there's some cool crafts though that's for sure! i would bring back a lifesize marble buddha if i could afford sending it back :)
what sort of thing do you want? we got nam shirts for 16,000vnd, oh and hats. lots of the stuff in the city here is tourist kind of materials. there's some cool crafts though that's for sure! i would bring back a lifesize marble buddha if i could afford sending it back :)
dude dp, you should find me an authentic cambodien drinking vessle!
Find me a nam shirt haha. I want it to say, well I remember back in Nam ...
cambodian drinking vessle... i'll see what i can do.. :x
i think i can handle the shirt!
i think i can handle the shirt!
i just spilled dp's 7up
it's a lot less up now... haven't arrived at cambodia yet but we'll see about that drinkin' vessle
Totally forgot about adding the photos to this thread!
andyp's stuff on flickr:
cambodia:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adpeterson/sets/ … 278791734/
vietnam:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adpeterson/sets/ … 278786486/
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my stuff from both cambodia and vietnam:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectdp/sets/7 … 233587942/
andyp's stuff on flickr:
cambodia:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adpeterson/sets/ … 278791734/
vietnam:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adpeterson/sets/ … 278786486/
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my stuff from both cambodia and vietnam:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectdp/sets/7 … 233587942/
Oh shit I meant to add the videos from this thread here in the current one. I'm double posting:
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I also have been slowly putting up youtube videos of our trip.
I'm not sure if this is interesting to anyone here, but here goes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLZhxOiQuA - lovers, a cambodian dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJMi_o_P7Nw - ceramic work in vietnam
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I also have been slowly putting up youtube videos of our trip.
I'm not sure if this is interesting to anyone here, but here goes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLZhxOiQuA - lovers, a cambodian dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJMi_o_P7Nw - ceramic work in vietnam