Hello world,
I'm writing from vung Tao in Vietnam - we just arrived at this little beach town after leaving ho chi minh city today. It is so much more peaceful and we're finally getting a chance to really slow down. The friends and family in hong kong were great, and ho chi minh is a bustling city but I was really looking forward to slowing down.
For those whom I haven't updated, I'm travelling for six weeks - from June 14 to august 1 - with Paul lore and Jessica DiZazzo. We arrived in hong kong on the 14, flew into Vietnam on the 18, and plan to see Vietnam Cambodia Laos and possibly Thailand. Our schedule is completely open so we're open to specific suggestions - the more details the better!
I'll write mor about Jessica and Paul in another post. Three thugs I'll mentions here - the food, the toys, and my new glasses.
The food is fantastic. Today we had fresh seafood - we picked them out of the tanks - prawns, some large shellfish that looks like an underwater praying mantis - slightly smaller than a lover but much bigger than a prawn - it was very very tender. Also had two massive oysters - one was unfortunately raw. We also had some fresh prawns - Paul was shocked at how good they tasted. Finally we had some veggies - they were excellent - I'll try to find the name and post it again!
Hong kong food was stunning - for another post as well.
Toys - I'll try to add links in te future but i finally found my two tripod solution. My goal is versatility with lightness. I don't needthe sturdiest tripod - I just need it to hold things steady. My two happy purchases are the zipshot tripod by tamrac. It's made of there tents poles - the kind that self assemble. With a ball head on top. Super light, looks wobbly but works find with my nikon d70s and 18-200 mm lens. Secondly I got the little joby gorillapod with magnetic feet - it can go anywhere and has a quick detach hotshoe! They've come in really handy already.
Finally, I've waited nine years to get my dream sunglasses - Oakley Juliet with blue iridium lenses. In hong kong prescription lenses are cheap so I got that done - now I have beautiful rx sunglasses and I'm ready for the day I get my laser surgery. I couldn't do this nine years ago because I just couldn't justify the cost...
Time to go check out the night sky. Wishig everyone all te best ;-)
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