I'M BACK

Banyon Tree Resort

Phuket, Thailand
30 Jan 2009

Hi All,

Man oh man. What a pain in the you know what. I just don't have the knack for this blog. Earlier today I logged on and once in my site, all the blog instructions were in Thai. So, I have abandoned my laptop and am in the hotel library and low and behold, on their computers it comes up in English. So, I have made a sketch where instructions are and hope all will line up later...regardless of the language. Arghhhhhh!

My Butterfield & Robinson Indochina Grand Journey was absolutely amazing. It was by far the best decision I have made in a very long time. I am a better person, spiritually, because of this journey.

BUDDAH AT THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE

(Thailand/Laos/Myanmar (Burma)

LUANG PRABANG, LAOS

Jodi and Kim at Lady Buddah statue during our bike ride.

HUE, VIETNAM

Working in the fields picking rice.

Standing outside one of the gates into the Imperial City in Hue, Vietnam. Ron & Terry fron El Paso TX, Doug & Sharon from Toronto CAN and Calamity Kim from Tucson AZ.

On our last day in way, we vanned our way to this beatiful waterfall, where we enjoyed a lovely breakfast. Following breakfast, we rode our bikes to the Hue Airport where we boarded our jet and did a quick 15 minute hop to the Da Nang Airport, where we jumped back on our bikes and rode to our hotel in Hoa An. Today was a 55km cummulative bike ride.

A sign at the waterfall that caught my eye.

After landing at Da Nang and jumping on our bikes, we had to ferry across this river to stay on course to our hotel. What a great adventure.

Stopped at Pho 24 in Hoa An for the best pho around (similar to chicken noodle soup), on our way to the hotel.

TET offerings.

The Morning Glory Cooking School in Hoa An, Vietnam. We prepared our own meals.

Well sports fans, I'll cover Cambodia in a separate blog and after that, Young Sue's and Calamity Kim's time in Phuket, Thailand.

SF/Calamity

FINALLY AN UPDATE

Wednesday/28 January 2009
Banyon Tree Resort
Phuket, Thailand

Hi There,

Young Sue and I finally met up yesterday at the Bangkok Airport. My Indochina Grand Journey was amazing. I regret, I was unable to do the blog as there was no decent connectivity in the areas we were in. But, I have connectivity now here in Phuket and the hotel guest computers are available 24 hours a day. So, I will catch all up later tonight....with photos.

Later my friends,
Calamity Kim

P.S. It's 94 degrees here :-)

HAWAIAN PARADISE

9 January 2009 / Friday / Honolulu, Hawaii / 0830

Calamity here. Just flew in to Honolulu yesterday afternoon to 80 degree temps. So sweet and a far cry from the cold and snow of Salt Lake City Utah. I am staying at the Halekulani, on the beach at Wakiki. It's georgous. I am painstakingly going through my bags again, pulling out stuff I really don't need to mail home. As I get the knack of this blog, I promise it will be more entertaining, with lots of pictures.

Calamity