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May 08 2018
Trip to Cat Ba
Ten minute ferry ride to Cat Ba Island
The center circle of town
The old trenches from the war with the French in the 1940’s
The view of town from the floating restaurant. Most of it built in the last 10 years.
Night views from our balcony
The view from the top was spectacular!
Old green trucks for amunition
An old cannon and my Laos UXO shirt, for unexploded ordances
Tired out and dripping sweat!
Hanoi to the coast takes 2 hours on a new beautiful toll road
A motorbike ride up the big hill/mountain to Cannon Fort
Relaxing afterwards at a floating restaurant
Fried rice and egg rolls.
Then another bus takes you the last 40 minutes into the town of Cat Ba.
Pathway around the top
Lori on the balcony of our hotel
A little museum
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May 09 2018
Scenes of Cat Ba. This is the view from the terrace on the 6th floor of our hotel. Our room is right beside it.
One of the two main beaches. The third one is closed. I think due to construction of a big hotel complex by/on it.
Got my straw hat for a buck
Fascinating rocks on the side cliffs
Beach clean up duty
The brick “boardwalk” around the harbor. Thank goodness some is in shade! 80 degrees and 80 % humidity means one always feels sticky.
A pano of the beach
Lori taking a stroll
One of the little parks along the boardwalk— just no place to sit.
A restaurant-bar we hung out in during the heat of the day.
Free pool if you buy a dollar pop
Evening and the floating restaurants open up
Joy enjoying the bath temperature waters of the bay.
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May 12 2018
Cat Ba scenes, Markets, and motorbikes.
Washing up the lunch dishes from the sidewalk restaurant
Calms and other seafood
Family putting out little wastebaskets on tables
Cutting wood — all covered up in 80 degree heat and 80 % humidity!
School girls getting picked up
It’s stinking, sticky 80 degrees and LOTS of women wear these sweatshirts and masks!
Fresh fish
Shrimp
Boats bringing in their catch
Tea time!
A dog on front!
The Market
Family p
Pigs feet
Dried fish
The coffee stall
Toilet paper delivery giy
School boys
Individual drip coffee —. Very strong with sweetened condensed milk
Housewares, pots and pans, storage boxes
Toys anyone?
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May 13 2018
Around the town of Cat Ba:
More construction of more hotels
The table is set
Looking down on trees from the balcony
Smoothing our the rock by hand! Hard work in the hot sun! \240And covered in long sleeves!
Fresh crab
Machines and men, terrible noise, dust and danger
Looking down the loop road from the city plaza
Every day near our hotel the big trucks deliver goods to a warehouse .
Coconut ice coffee — Yummy! I think it is made with coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk and coffee.
Time for a game of something
Haircut time, under a tarp along the sidewalk
Clams
We had pizza!
Chickens and a family home
Clams?
Little ones like these at OBX
The street of our hotel — it’s in the center, after the \240 big trees
Getting ready for the road to be paved
Fresh octopus
Blasting out the rock for building another hotel probably! Construction everywhere!
Here’s a truck of stuff from the mainland
Closeup. Some had little kids seat, like the baby swings at the park for infants
Entryway to the local market which was in a brick building.
The street of our hotel — it’s in the center, after the \240big trees
Snack time
Some beautiful spring flowering bushes and trees
Here’s more seafood of some kind. They also have squid, jellyfish and all kinds of fish on the menu
Huge TV at the city plaza! Advertises boat trips and tourist things.
A view of the main tourist hotel loop
More crab
Here’s the men up close with their jackhammers
Fresh shrimp in fish tanks outside the restaurants
Bringing in the fish
Mostly beverages here: beer and pop
Bicycles built for 4! The whole family on one bike!
Don’t know what the game is
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May 14 2018
Hello Hoi An! We love you! What a charming little slice of heaven!
More 🌶 sauce and maybe a sugary sauce.
The shell is thin and crispy
Joy thought it was yummy. LoMo not so much.
Don’t know the name of this snack . On the left is what it looks like.
Some spicy shrimp on bread
Has something, shrimp, chilies, ground meat & onions
Unfortunately still has the peeling on it!
Oh, now I can see!
Vietnamese submarine sandwiches
A family takes a selfie
Up close: Asians love wearing matching outfits, but usually they are tour groups. And here’s a family!
And mor candles sold by another old lady!
More candles
Drinks with our new California friends
Candles for floating in the river with a prayer
Followed by a great supper at a local restaurant
Taking a boat ride at sunset and floating candles is a big thing here
Goodnight Hoi An!
Larry and Kathleen
Barbecue pork satay on a stick and 2 other noodle dishes Hoi An is famous for. All delicious! \240$15 fed 4 people with drinks
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May 14 2018
Our Hoi An hotel: Acacia Heritage, a block from the bridge that goes to Old Hoi An. All for only $20/ night, buffet breakfast included.
Top floor where the restaurant is located. Basically 360 degree view—almost.
The bridge to old Hoi An
Joy getting a $3 manicure and a $6 foot massage. Life is hard!
Bicycles
Night view
And motorbikes— note the cloth face coverings for the baby and mom. Elastic loops on both sides slip over the ears
Hang on baby!
A load of straw
The lobby
Pondering life — or just waiting
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May 15 2018
Here’s some shots of our hour long flight down from Han Noi.
River. Assuming low water level in dry season with big sand bars on both sides
The ocean
Big bridge over the river
River nearer the city
Looks like a reservoir up in the hills: no roads, no houses, no boats
Dry winter rice fields
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May 20 2018
A day at the beach with our friends Larry and Kathleen or K.
More street scenes
Burning stalks and trash by the side of the road.
Love those lychees!
A beach with nobody but us on it!
Drying rice— stirring it with her feet
Views from our 5 miles, 2 hour walk, (including break) in 85 degree heat out to the beach.
Just park you truck on the sidewalk if there is no parking allowed on the street
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May 20 2018
Time for some custom made clothes!
Til we meet again!
Super great Indian food with Larry and K in Hoi An
A lassi toast!
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May 27 2018
Bali: Rice fields and “cat poo” coffee
Well, actually not too bad!
The cat—actually it is a mongoose.
Another new roaster is hired
So here is a t
The ground coffee is sifted
The moo goose eats the raw coffee beans but can’t digest the bean. So I guess that he can digest maybe the hull.
Then the beans get roadted
Here’s the newest roaster
And here is the coffee ready for use!
So here is a tray of the washed beans that have been pooped out
Have to keep stirring so they won’t burn
Now to taste the poo coffee called luk coffee
Then the beans are pounded
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May 31 2018
Monkey Forest, Ubud
Stole my water bottle
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Jun 07 2018
Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
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