by Allan Stratton | Jun 17, 2010 | Travels
Squid. They’re incredibly smart creatures, like pigs, so I always feel bad whenever I eat them. (Unlike cows, which are essentially walking carrots with a gas problem.) But sadly for squid, they don’t have the “Bunny Factor” and I’m a...
by Allan Stratton | Jun 14, 2010 | Travels
So… we finally made it to Nha Trang. Nha Trang is noted for its beautiful beaches, its diving, the picturesque fishing villages surrounding it, and as the birthplace of Thich Quang Guc (English spelling inaccurate due to Vietnamese alphabet), a Buddhist monk who...
by Allan Stratton | Jun 10, 2010 | Travels
Well… cast your mind back a couple of weeks — before the Cannes and Venice excitement — and wake up in Dalat, Vietnam’s Niagara Falls without the falls. We’ve just been to a Buddhist monastery — where fortunately we were able to...
by Allan Stratton | Jun 7, 2010 | Travels
Another lazy blog. Just photos. But hey, they’re of lotus (loti?) in Vietnam, plus gorgeous red peppers and other amazingly beautiful flowers. I only have an old Cannon and haven’t figured out how to work PhotoShop so try and imagine what these would look...
by Allan Stratton | Jun 3, 2010 | Travels
I’ve been over my head getting back to work after Cannes, Nice and Venice, so forgive today’s lazy post. Here are random sneak peeks of upcoming places and people to get us back into the swing of the travelogue of Vietnam and Cambodia . (You can see Saigon...
by Allan Stratton | May 13, 2010 | Travels
Welcome to a Tim Burton movie set in real life! Dalat’s Crazy House may not follow socialist architectural principles, but luckily it was designed by a daughter of a local Communist head honcho so it’s Wacadoo Wackadoo all the way to the land of...