SouthEastAsia2014: 2014

Thanks for reading....

If you were reading my blog thanks for keeping me company on my trip.

Finished Vietnam with three more days in Saigon....flew to Kuala Lumpur for a few days...and took the bus to Singapore for a 6 night stay in a lovely hotel in Chinatown. My camera died when me and it fell into the water so I decided to enjoy my last two weeks being photo free and just staying in every moment.

Tomorrow I fly home to Vancouver. Soon as I get off that plane I am heading for a sushi restaurant in the West End. It will be Canada Day and I can only hope the weather is good and Vancouver summer fever is in full swing.

Traveling is a great luxury but nothing can compare to the place that you come from. Even so I could happily live here in South-East Asia and perhaps one day I will be able to come back again for a long visit.

To all the people I met on my journey....thanks for being my best friend for a few moments or a few days....I really love you all...

Everyone of those windows has a Saigon family inside. Each night when the inside is illuminated and the people inside are living their lives I would spend time gazing into each home wondering about the journey each one of them are having. So close to each other yet worlds apart with their own separate life experience. Good luck....keep going forward and keep loving each other...

Eight Days in Dalat

It was rainy and cold in Dalat but I enjoyed every minute. Had a great hotel with a balcony that overlooked the downtown area. A lot of Vietnamese tourists come here and the town was very busy and exciting. Probably my favourite place in Vietnam and a great place to end my six week visit.

Wet and cold...just like Vancouver....

Here is where you get your lunch for less than a dollar

She makes a mean sandwich

Lots of small alleyways in this mountain town

Local boys...

...and they make for a good photo

GIANT second-hand clothes market. Had to be seen to be believed

Bought a second-hand shirt to stay warm

Auto-garage guard dog....dog bowl...and dog house. Don`t think this guy had too many long walks

A motorcycle is great for seeing the surrounding areas

Went for lunch in a mountain restaurant

They get the charcoal ready....

...to cook your own mountain chicken

Mountain chicken and cold beer

Felt like 1950s California here at the mountain coffee shop

The small family farms are the economy here

Downtown Dalat

All the alleyways had cozy restaurants and coffee shops in peoples homes

Always someone to chat with in the coffee shops.

Nice Buddhist pagoda and grounds

Very beautiful area...could of stayed longer...but you have to keep going....

Dalat farm homestay

My Dalat farm visit led me to doing a one-night farm homestay. I visited the parents farm and then went to my little house for an overnight experience.