Exploring Vietnam: Winter 2022/23

Vietnam: 22
So hokey I know! I mean I didn't even know how to hold that thing properly and off I had to go to try to make some money on the...

Vietnam: 20
At Eco Green Boutique Hotel Cafe... They are out of pumpkin soup so ordered the potato soup instead, the only other option here soup-wise. Have never had potato soup...

Vietnam: 19
My beautiful family here. Da Nang, Vietnam Some sights from a walk this afternoon and into the early evening. Image: I found out who owns the beautiful bird that flies free...

Vietnam: 18
Very unsettled weather here. Right now the sky is a grey-ish blanket overhead and as I was walking a light sprinkle of rain felt like teeny tiny sparks on my...

Vietnam: 17
Earlier today. The manager of my apartment building insisted I share a hot cup of Vietnamese green tea with him as I was leaving earlier. His name is Luy, and...

Vietnam: 16
Shhhh ...but tomorrow I will have to do a border-run. I will be on the lam, crossing through countless green waving rice fields and over rough roads through thick tangled...

Vietnam: 15
A couple of neat looking businesses on a street near my apartment. Da Nang, Vietnam Image: What's not to love about handmade leaf art?! Of course I had to check...

Vietnam: 14
Some photos from my afternoon walk along the beach and the promenade. Lovely day here at about 26c. I even found a stretch of sand that "sang" as I walked...

Vietnam: 13
The little 3-legged neighbourhood dog. I forget his name but he is super cute and very lucky as the owner rescued it from a village in the mountains somewhere after it got its leg caught in an animal trap. Poor little thing...poor any animal that gets caught in a trap...but at least now it's safe and well taken care of. He gets around extremely well despite loss of much of its leg!

Vietnam: 12
Trying to decide if I want the creamy but hot "pumpkin soup" or a cold "healthy dessert jar" (fresh yogurt, fruits, and seeds) for brunch. Both are delicious. It's 23c here and overcast so almost feels a little chilly to this now somewhat acclimatised Canadian. I even have a sweater on...a lightweight one mind you

Vietnam: 11
The little Macaques at the beginning of video were just babies, and much smaller than appear in this video as I was zoomed in. Macaques of all ages have the sweetest little "wizened" faces...and just full of play! Sooo fun to watch all their antics! I could watch them all day and day after day I'm sure.

Vietnam: 10
Some photos of scenery from up on beautiful and wild Son Tra mountain. It was also known as "Monkey Mountain" by American soldiers during the war and had a communications facility on it as it is very close to Da Nang airfield which was used heavily by the US in the 60s and up to the mid 70s. So very glad that whole horror show is over and this jungle mountain has since become a protected national reserve.

Vietnam: 9
My son took me by scooter yesterday afternoon on a very steep and winding road high up into the dark and misty-topped jungley mountains of Son Tra. It was absolutely wonderful with blue sky and sunshine for much of it.

Vietnam: 8
This is Chua Phap Hoi Buddhist temple, where I went the other day. I just felt a need to pray in some sacred place for a friend who is in great distress as well as for all others who may be. While I am not Buddhist, I do align with much of what that spirituality is about. Had I not been staying in a city right now I'd have gone to the forest as any wilderness area is my true sacred place...my cathedral...and I would have prayed there