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Oh, we did tell the bank. They blocked it anyway. Twice, actually. Oh well, they're a small credit union. They don't do great with exceptions. I think it's sorted out now.
In keeping with our plan for overland and cheap travel, we took the bus and the train to get to Vietnam, with change over in nanning , China. We didn't see another westerner on the entire 36 hr journey. We had beds the entire trip as well. We had sleeper bunks on the train and bus both. Hard to beat watching all of China pass by from the comfort of your own bed!!!
We're now in a really beautiful room in Hanoi, 22 us per night, and are eating and drinking like kings. for fruit we've had lychee, mangstein, passion fruit, rambutan....mmmmm!!!!
Failed to mention that we did get to Hadley last Thursday. Ds and I went for one day. I had sticker shock and had no food with me, it was very hot and shade as hard to find at times...we did our best but I hope to go back again in August and do a better job. Highlight of the day was great interaction with sleeping beauty.
Disappointed that our magical day was less-than, I returned to the park promenade to watch the fireworks from outside the gates the night before leaving hong kong. I then toured both hotels on my own in a Disney trance. I felt like I finally got my fix!!!
It's so much easier to enjoy the parks solo for me these days, anyone else have that issue? My family really just doesn't get it!!!!
Glad to hear that this whirlwind of a tour is off to a great start and enjoying it so much there so far!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Spent 3 days in Hanoi just fooling around. The highlight was the museum of ethnography. They had MANY traditional Vietnamese village buildings built with primarily traditional methods including palm lashing and bamboo flooring. The buildings that visitors could enter and explore independently. Talk about authentic themed environments!!! Overall Hanoi was noisy and polluted, but we enjoyed finding our way around ingot and by public transporation. Food was inexpensive, coffee nice and strong ( though getting it without sugar added was hit and miss), oh, and PASSIONFRUIT!!!!!!! H-to-the-yeah!
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We left Hanoi by the night train yesterday , arrived in Da Nang this afternoon . Got ripped off by not asking the price coffee straight off the train. I argued and brought the price down a bit but it was still high. We then successfully beat off the cabbies and cabbie wanna bes and caught the local bus for the beach town of Hoi An. We meet up here with DSILs tomorrow for 3 days of down time on the beach. DS has gecko fever. Hasn't caught one yet but he did catch a June bug just now. He's pretty psyched.
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Seems like all is going well for the most part with the exception of the coffee! Thanks for the update!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Fixed some autocorrect mistakes in the last entry. Not used to posting from an iPhone! Yes, all is going well. DH has a cold, so he's pretty down. For whatever reason, he's had a fever with nearly every virus he's had in the last 5 years. But he's taking it in stride, just laying low.
Fixed some autocorrect mistakes in the last entry. Not used to posting from an iPhone! Yes, all is going well. DH has a cold, so he's pretty down. For whatever reason, he's had a fever with nearly every virus he's had in the last 5 years. But he's taking it in stride, just laying low.
Sorry, to hear about your DH and not the way you want to spend your vacation! Hope for a nice recovery for him!
On a two week trip to Europe in 1995 (my first trip to Europe), I caught a nasty cold (probably from the dingy puddle jumper flight from London to Rome with a stop in Lyon). I'm sure that's where I got it as there was another couple on my tour on this flight, who got the same thing. Had it from about day 3 to the end, but made the best of it. Not too bad the last few days.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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I argued and brought the price down a bit but it was still high. We then successfully beat off the cabbies and cabbie wanna bes and caught the local bus for the beach town of Hoi An. We meet up here with DSILs tomorrow for 3 days of down time on the beach. DS has gecko fever. Hasn't caught one yet but he did catch a June bug just now. He's pretty psyched.
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Thanks for the update!
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