From the old Siagon presidential palace
The former presidentail palace of South Vietnam
Presidential palace
Siagon at night
candlelight dinner in Siagon
RD and his “Pink” drink
Siagon strip mall
A few of the two million motorbikes in Siagon
Rubber plantation
Rubber plantation near Siagon
More rubber
Multilingual men's room
Waiting for Lisa
Jack Fruit
Timber Framing Vietnamese style
Going into a VC tunnel
It was a tight fit
What's the hangup, Lisa
Where to now?
Coming back out of the tunnel
Halfway through my 20 yards under ground...tight squeeze!
Wax VC at the tunnels
Wax VC Village
Lisa getting tanked
Making rice paper
cooked on a hot rock
Placed on bamboo racks and then sun dried
A kithchen in one of the tunnels
underground stove
stairs out of the tunnels
Vietnamese post and pole yard
Bad propaganda and good beer
Entry pass to the Cu Chi tunnels
At the war museum....US artifacts
More leftovers
A bad landing
Notre Dame Cathedral Siagon
The Notre Dame Garden
A contrast of holiness
Siagon Post Office
Dried fish..majorly nasty smelling
Spice shop at the market
Mushrooms, fruits and vegges
Name that fruit
Dragon fruit
Mini mart Siagon style
Lisa's gift for international woman's day
Bougainvilla arbor at rest area on Hiway 1
Chicken in a basket
Catholic influence on the Mekong
Rice paper drying
Snake and Scorpian wine....for impotence
She is not so impotent now
Making popped rice....for rice waffers
Loufah sponge plant
Out for a morning row
Floating Market....Tapioca on the mast indicates what they are selling.
Floating Market
Dad out with his girls
Turnips for sale
Au naturale a la Mekong River
our guide, Loc
Water hyacinth farm
Our Junk on the Mekong....The Bassac
The eyes are to scare away the bad spirits
I wasn't being patriotic
Quite a load of rice
A river side lumber mill
An opportunity for my brother Steve to diversify
Brick and Block factory
Zero emissions by 2010
The finished product on the way to market
A home on the Delta
A pig roaster...eat your heart out Doha
Local milk market
cotton tree
Rice tiller...this is high tech on the Delta
Papaya harvest
Mangos
Fish farm
Banana tree
Jackfruit
Mystery fruit
Hand sized spider...see Lisa's fingers...she wouldn't put them closer
Vietnam paddy bike
Banana Flower
Black Chickens...actually all black skin and meat...a medicinal bird
Damn, skinny chicken's
Lisa on a bamboo bridge
no splash?
Propaganda on the side of a school
local school
high tech WC
Buddhist shrine
Local Marina
Laundry day in the ville
Jack fruit
Curious critter
Our dingy at sunset on the Mekong
Sunset on the Mekong
Laotian Teak
A long float from Laos
Hauling rice back from the mill
Going home empty
Rice mill
not fancy storage facilities
She must be looking at me
Our bartender....they measure it out to the drop
Living close to the water....the person is in the WC...saves on plumbing
Catholic ruins
Waterfront dining
A new bridge over the Mekong near Can Tho
A balancing act
Reliable transportation
Can Tho
Wrong side of the river, Can Tho
The local ferry
Riverside architecture
LBGB
Colorful riverfront
Riverfront home
Recycled cardboard
Riverside post and pole
Off to market
Diaper duty
A boat of coconuts
Floating market Can Tho
Cabbage via the window
Putting the onions below deck
Now that is a load of melon
An interesting face
Off loading melon
Potato Barge
Need a jump
Salad in a boat
Is this a statement?
Coffee time
Think he's reading Beatle Bailey?
Floating market mini mart
Lots of colors
Riverside flowers
"Sitting on a dock on the bay...."
how can they sit like this?
Morning on the river
Doctor's office....herbalist and accupuncturist
Making medications
Buddhist temple
Water filtration system
It reminds me of our old grainary
It smells like the grainary too
Rice is not as dusty as wheat, oats or rye
Hauling away the chaff to use for cattle feed and for fuel
slow way to load a barge
Kicking back on the river
Can Tho in the background
"Nem"..pickled pork wrapped in a banana leaf
Yum Nem! Where's my beer?
A big bike load
A load of Goats
How about all those motorbikes?
Elephant Ear Fish
FedEx
Wheel Chair with arm driven tricycle mechanism
Waiting for the light to change
A Mosque in Siagon
An opportunity for my sister Bev to add a branch bank
Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang
The Vinpearl at night
How do the make this pay with so few guests.
Shrimp farm
Pagoda
A sucker for peanuts
Monkey Island...wonder how it got its name?
A Vietnamese monkey with Roman hands
The Kind and Queen
Aren't I cute?
Looking for opportunity
Motherly love
Looking to be father
Baldwin's Gym, Nha Trang
Erik Kress's training buddy
White sand beach
Beach seafood market....yes, it did stink!
White Sand Beach
Lisa on White Sand Beach
A tomb with a view
A family gathering
A family affair
The trail up Ba Ho creek
A pool on the river
Ba Ho Creek
Lower Ba Ho falls
Ba Ho ecotourists
Ba Ho Falls
Ba Ho rapids
My birthday gift
Waiting to see Uncle Ho
Government buildings in Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum
Uncle Ho's Tomb
Uncle Ho's Presidential Palace
Ho's last stand...built completely of Teak
Ho Chi Minh Museum
Temple of Literature
Stone tablets at Temple of Literature
Confusious's dragons
Fire breathing dragons
Waterpuppets
Riding behind Mom on her motorbike
Recycle bicycle
Hanoi lake...where McCain landed
Food Art
Turtle lake, Hanoi
If you have a death wish......go for it!
Roadside cafe with extra seating
Flower Girl...Hanoi
Country Western....Hanoi Style
The welcome to Hoa Lo
Corner of the Hanoi Hilton
Room with a view....Hanoi Hilton
What remains of Hoa Lo....the Hanoi Hilton
Hoa Lo Prison's original size
The only way out of Hoa Lo prison
a tight fit
Exercise yard
A photo of McCain's return.....
Hillary, Jane and Bill etal
Vietnamese Propaganda from the 70's
The Vietnam government still uses this for propaganda
Five Star cell
The court yard that honor the former prisoners...didn't see McCain's profile here
Women's cell
Is this where French Fries were first sliced?
Just in case you loose your mind....
The gentle influence of the French on Vietnam
“How do you decorate a prison”
The closest she will ever be to “contolled”
John McCain wanna be....not!!
The hammer and sickle inside the Hanoi Hilton
taxes and bonds? sound anything like taxes and social security?
A million dong.....about $60 US
Lisa....a millionaire
Child labor at a “craft shop” for the handicapped.
Clean fruits in the middle of the coal dust
A bus station in Can Dien Tu.....everything is covered with coal dust
A lumber mill in northern Vietnam
A hotel in the Halong area.....quite a pristine area
Where you find real peace in northern Vietnam
Who gives a quack about this chicken shit driver?
A proud browsprit
A brow spirit
A gift bridge from the Chinese over the “clear water of Halong Harbor”
Lots of Shadows on Halong Bay
Our Cabin
Our French Friends
Mountain top pagaoda
7-11 will travel
Parrot Rock
A Buddhist shrine
The opening to the cave
Sung Sot Cave
Sung Sot Cave Welcome
The sails are for decoration only.....blasphemy!
Lisa getting friendly with a stalagmite
And what do you think they call this stalagmite?
It even glows in the dark
Not a real peaceful spot....or with a natural ambieance
A congested harbor
Outside the cave
Bird's eye view of our floating 7-11 store
Just over one more ridge.....;-)
Lots of horizons
a private yacht
A bit of Sun on a Halog Bay panorama
Island in Halong Bay
Halong Bay Panorama
Lots of perspective
A sunbeam afer a shower on Halong Bay
A sunbeam as sunset nears
Ha Long Bay at Sunset
A concrete water supply barge
Our Junk
Cat Ba Sunrise Resort
Resort Security
His first solo flight
What's better for a boy than a kite on a beach
Cat Ba resort from the hill
A quiet beach
Cat Ba harbor
The wrong side of the tracks..the low rent district
Up on a mountain lookin down on the city....Johnny Rivers circa 1970
Main Street, Cat Ba, Vietnam
Floating City at Cat Ba
Scout boat....the little guy goes up the ladder!
Home on the bay
A simple life
She even goes with me in the rain
Chickens on the way to market
A load of poles
Planting rice in the north
second planting
Planting Rice
A motorbiker haming it up.......
And this one cried all the way home.....
50 ft trailer with a huge load of steel pipe
A new subdivision entryway in Hanoi
The Grand Hotel Pool, Siagon
Packing home the grocries
On the way home
