Sarah Long, at the Taipei airport en route to Hanoi
Sarah Long, Ray Harshbarger, and Oscar Ho at the Taipei airport
Joe Rosen at the Taipei airport
Dianne Beattie and Jennifer Ames's dad, Roger, at the Taipei airport
Jennifer Ames at the Taipei airport
An odd piece of art on display at the Taipei airport. Check out the title of the work (see bottom of pic)
Traffic in the square near Hoan Kiem Lake. Check out the tourists being herded throught the intersection
Intersection, with balloon vendor
Vew from the balcony of my hotel room
Balcony view
Balcony view. That's a part of St. Joseph's Cathedral in the background
Balcony view. Those are drinking water tanks on the roofs
View down into the alley from the room's balcony. (I'm on the fourth floor.) That's a vegetable vendor, with baskets on either end of split bamboo
Tran, the ower of the Spring Hotel #2 (our hotel), and his wife
Every morning, the team would assemble at 7:00 for breakfast at the Paris Cafe to plan the day. Here are Joe Rosen, Ray Harshbarger, and Sarah Long
Tran and his wife. They're reviewing room assingments
The street in front of the hotel
The square in front of the cathedral. It's a congragating place for tourists in the Old Quarter
St. Jospeph's Cathedral. I think we figured out it was built in the late 1800s
The square in front of the cathedral. Our hotel is on this street, to the left
The cathedral grounds also house a school
The cathedral
The back of the cathedral
A grotto behind the cathedral
The interior of the grotto
This is the side of the cathedral that faces our hotel
The school grounds
The school
The school's playground
The school has its own grotto
From the front steps of the cathedral
The square in front of the cathedral
Street in the old quarter
At the far left, is the Paris Cafe, our a.m. gathering place. At the far right, is La Salsa, our evening gathering place
Old Quarter
The moto park in cathedral square
Fruit and vegetable vendor. I tried one of these setups--baskets on either end of split bamboo--and it's a great way to carry stuff
And people say I never wear a tie to work
Morning rush hour
From the left: John Moeschler, Joe Rosen, Dr. Liem (the head of NHP), and me
Jennifer Ames, John, Diane Beattie, Joe, Dr. Liem
Morning report at NHP--Dartmouth folks in the front row
Morning report
Oscar Ho, Sarah Long, and Pericles Regas
Dr. Liem, Joe, Ray Harshbarger, Chris Macedonia, and Bob Harris. Bob's reading an MRI
Informatics planning meeting
NHP's (National Hospital for Pediatrics) library
NHP's library
Radiology consult. The guy in the middle is a visiting radiologist from Australia
The patient and family waiting area at NHP's entrance
Old Quarter street scene. Note the double-parked BMW. I wouldn't do that with my car in this city!
School kids
Hoan Kiem Lake
Old Quarter street scene
Post Office--Map of the World, with Vietnam highlighted
I'm not sure who this is, exactly
Old Quarter. Look at the utility wiring
A banyan tree
A fruit vendor
Sarah, dressed for shuttle duty between the hotel and NHP
Sarah, on moto doing shuttle duty between the hotel and NHP
Dinner at a cha ca restaurant. You cook the fish (cha ca) and greens right at the table
A shop in the Old Quarter
I'm getting measured for a suit. Note the height/size differential between me and the fitter
Pamela Bagley, getting set up for a grand rounds
Library Grand Rounds
Pamela giving Library Grand Rounds
The Libraries' EBM pyramid makes itself known in Hanoi!
Pamela and a bust of Ho Chi Minh
Bill and Pamela and Ho Chi Minh
Pamela at NHP's library
Me amd residents at NHP--I'm teaching them how to make a snowball. No--I'm really talking about Google Documents
On the way to NHP
Teaching at NHP
Moving around a whiteboard at NHP's library to get ready for a presentation
Pamela teaching the residents
Pamela teaching the residents in the library
Jan Nisbet, John Moeschler, and Michael Bonfigli
A party hosted by Dr. Liem
Ray and Jan
John and Michael
Bob Harris and Julia Hunt
Tran, the hotel's owner
Pamela
Bill and Pamela
Three linesmen, working on the utility wiring
Old Quarter market
A pagoda in the Old Quarter
Old Quarter--this on the street specializing in tin goods
Old Quarter--hardware
Old Quarter--stuff-made-out-of-metal division
Old Quarter--welding a door, right on the sidewalk
Old Quarter--lampshades
Old Quarter--Bamboo Street
The inside of the city's “indoor shopping mall”
The city's shopping mall
A whole store for Legos!
Valerie Thum and Theresa Ertla (occupational therapists from Austria) and Oscar
The team hosted a party midway through the trip. Michael Bonfigli and Katherine Kosman (DMS I)
Oscar, his aunt (Jennifer, visiting from China), and Josh Pyke
Jennifer Ames
Diane Beattie and friend
Julia Hunt and Jan Nisbet
John Moeschler
Bill and Jan
Jan and John
Jan and Sarah
Michael and Chris Macedonia
Jennifer Ames and many friends
Valerie, Theresa, Oscar, and his aunt
Josh and Ray (Harshbarger)
Chris and friend
Valerie, Oscar, and Oscar's aunt
Valerie, Theresa, Oscar, and Oscar's aunt
Ray Harshbarger and “Lou”
Katherine, Dr. Lily (director of education at NHP), and a couple of NHP residents
Oscar, Oscar's aunt, and Peri
Joe starting the ceremonial toast
... the toast continues
... the aftermath of the toast
Julia Hunt and Bob Harris
Bill and residents
Joe on tour
Over the weekend, Jan and John and Pamela and I made a trip to Ha Long Bay. Here's some stonework for sale at a rest stop on the bus ride there
Ha Long Bay--the boat launch
Jan on the dock
Our junk
A churn of junks around the dock
Lunch on the junk
Limestone karsts in the bay
Our junk. In addition to the four of us, there were six other passengers and six crew
Here, we'd disembarked to tour caves in one of the karsts
Inside the cave
It's difficult to take sensible photos inside a cave
There is an opening in the cave roof. We happened to be there at just the right time to catch the sunlight beaming in
Junks assembling outside the cave entrance
Finally, we're touring the bay
A floating house
These are holding pens for fish
Fruit for sale
This was some kind of fish eagle. It would dive into the bay and come up with a fish
John and Jan
John
Our junk's captain
Cuttlefish
Sea kayaks we were able to tour in
These guys are building a house
It's like a floating 7-11
You can barely make out a shrine tucked into the base of this karst
Pamela kayaking
A boat made out of woven bamboo strips
Breakfast at a pho joint. Pho is noodle soup with either beef (bo) or chicken (gas), greens, and condiments
Schoolchildren march before school
The team assembling for the morning commute to the hospital. Bob Harris, Kristen Waltonen, Pericles (Peri) Regas, Pamela Bagley, and Diane Beattie
Sarah Long, Jennifer Ames, Josh Pyke, Diane, and Pamela
I thought this was an interesting moto for a bus company
In the bus on the way to the Central General Hospital in Thai Nguyen
The formal welcome meeting at the hospital in Thai Nguyen
Pamela giving a talk in Thai Nguyen
Jennifer toasting with Dr. Tran, the hospital's director
Bill and Dr. Tran
Kristen and Peri
Thai Nguyen
At a communal clinic in Thai Nguyen
A meeting at the clinic. We talked for two hours, and learned a lot about the healthcare system in the country
The admitting office at the clinic
BS=the attending physician; DD=the attending nurse
This senior asked me to wait to take her picture until she had fixed her hair
Local folks at the clinic
Mike Beach talks with the clinic's director
The clinic has a good, basic lab
The team and our clinic hosts
Grounds at the Central General Hospital in Thai Nguyen
Dr. Tran and I making departing remarks
Bob Harris gifted the hospital with a portable ultrasound machine
The team at the hospital
Jan, Pamela and I went to visit the Ho Chi Minh museum and mausolem. Here we are in line with some of the 5,000 schoolchildren visiting that day
The line to get into the mausoleum
Inside the museum
At the upper right, Ho Chi Minh is reading Vietnam's declaration of independence
War material from the American War
The official picture-taking spot inside the museum
The museum grounds
A one-pillar pagoda on the museum's grounds
The mausoleum
Schoolchildren at the museum
A nursery on the museum grounds
Pamela teaching the residents at NHP
The waiting area at the hospital entrance
My made-to-measure suit is half finished
Oscar Ho, Valerie Thum, and Jennifer (Oscar's aunt)
The cathedral adourned for Holy Week
The playroom at NHP
Pamela doing a hands-on session at NHP
From my hotel room's balcony
One of the last nights, the team went out for a lavish dinner. Here, Oscar is manning the hotpot
'Nuff said
Here, on the morning of our departure, Pamela is giving Tran some gifts--this is a coloring book about sugaring
Schoolchildren and morning exercises
