Day 7, Friday, July 24, Park City, Utah Last night, I studied the trail map and decided that I would do one last hike in Park City before departing for home.  I woke up fairly early, had a piece of Cinnamon Swirl bread from the Great Harvest (yum), packed up my waist pack and headed [...]

We spent the last two days soaking up the rays and kayaking in Ha Long Bay. The bay is absolutely gorgeous! I’ll post the photos in a few days. By now, I’ve got a really dark tan – one that most Vietnamese people would consider to be very “unattractive”. The women here are afraid of [...]

As usual, we arrived at our destination (Hanoi) without having any hotel reservations. Our driver drove us around the Old Quarter to look for a hotel but ended up abandoning us at the Camelia 4, the fourth hotel we visited. I couldn’t believe that he left us at the Camelia to attend to other guests [...]