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Scott, check out Jane Monheit's version of that tune. If you have to have that song in your ear, hers is the version you want. It was a revelation to me. Sorry to Andy Williams....
8 months agoDid he pass? I'm on pins and needles!
8 months agoThose temple paintings are wonderful!
8 months agoWhoa!
8 months agoOh thanks, Andrea. Now I’ll be living with Andy Williams in my ear all day too.
8 months agoA few more days in Isaan and then probably trains to the south. We had five days of winter but that’s over now. The humidity is lessening but probably not enough. It’s clear my heat tolerance is really leaving me as I age. There’s so much I love about SE Asia but I’m not sure it is going to be effortless fun. Temps are way above normal and it’s very depressing.
8 months agoOh Andrea, it sounds like the places you are in, the roads and the heat are really wearing you down. We feel for you, especially Dodie, who literally wilts in the heat. You do seem to be maintaining a cheerful attitude, which is good, but now we want to be able to see you having effortless fun. Let's hope so.
8 months agoAlso fun: how many people can you get on one motorbike?
8 months agoI want the frog!
8 months agoI totally agree with your bike repair philosophy, Gregory. Since I'm no mechanic and being in a place so difficult to deal with mechanical problems we pretty much have to just let things go and see what happens. Although I'd probably do the same at home!!
8 months agoLisa,
What a special time to be living in Saigon, and with your kids! You are lucky. Anyone who can live for a time in a totally foreign place is lucky. I'm glad you are enjoying reminiscing. We love Vietnam too.
I'm thinking this is the "easter egg" you planted in your post without comment to make sure we're all really reading and seeing every detail.
8 months agoI'm playing catch-up with my reading and comments. I love your practice of caring for locals. In Saigon we played a game with our kids of seeing who could get a picture of the largest or weirdest items being transported on a scooter.
I believe a nearly full size refrigerator or a five tier wedding cake were the winning entries.
These pictures really take me back. Our last trip to Saigon in 2012 we visited this central post office. And the street food scene! So many fond memories.
8 months ago
So far he has!
8 months ago