Happy New Year

Happy holidays everyone. In two days we will be joining you in the frozen north. In the mean time, here are a few images from our past month of travels through Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. I'll just provide a numbered account of the locations for each image.

1. Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

2. China Beach; it was chilly and rainy while we were here so this is the closest we got to a swim

3. Hoi An; a UNESCO heritage location, a charming old town

4. Hoi An; located on a river near the South China Sea

5. A round basket boat, a traditional woven reed boat still used in the area

6. Lay's Double Cheese Pork Burger flavoured chips

7. Halong Bay, east of Hanoi

8. Halong Bay floating village at sunset

9. One of dozens of caves in Halong Bay

10. More Halong Bay at sunset

11. Pineapple seller in Hanoi

12. The mountains of North Vietnam near the town of Sapa

13. A buffalo and rice terraces near Sapa

14. Anna-Marie and a Red H'mong woman near Sapa

15. Black H'mong women near Sapa

16. A very old Black H'mong woman beating us up the interminable stairs in the mountains around Sapa

17. Anna-Marie drives an elephant outside of Luang Prabang, Laos

18. Carl drives an elephant outside of Luang Prabang, Laos

19. Dog, trees, woman sweeping, Bangkok

20. Our first beach on Koh Samui

21. Anna-Marie on our first beach

22. A Thai pagoda near our first beach