comment 0
All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
The best banh mi in Vietnam?
This place in Hoi An’s old city came highly recommended and it was damned fine. Tuffy P had hers with just egg, veggies and chilies… …while I had mine fully loaded…pate, various meats, crunchy pork skin, eggs, veggies, chilies.
Lantern town – Hoi An
Feet in the ocean
Rain stopped and it theatened to clear up by the time we stopped in Da Nang in Central Vietnam for lunch. It was still cool but I couldn’t resist getting my feet wet in the sea. This is the so-called China Beach where scores of… Read More
Tomb of the 12th Nguyen king, Hue, Vietnam
Halong Bay
Halong Bay is one beautiful place. I’ll write about it at some length when I get back to Canada. Meanwhile, here’s a taste.
Off to Halong Bay
Bye bye wifi for a couple days….we’ll be on a junk in Halong Bay
Arrived in Hanoi
It was great to get to our hotel after so long traveling. After a shower and a long nap, we headed toward the Opera House on foot. There was a symphony performance about to start so we checked it out. It was an East meets… Read More
The Longest Mosaic Wall in the World
It runs along a busy roadway parallel to the Red River in Hanoi for 4 miles and it is spectacular. Nobody at the hotel knew what we were talking about, although I’d bet the people we asked had driven along it on their scooters many… Read More
Travelin’ music
Since Tuffy P and I are going to take off for a little R&R soon, I thought I ought to post a traveling tune. So….from back when there were two types of music, country AND western, here’s George and Tammy performing Milwaukee Here I Come.
27th Street 