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Itinerary: depart LAX Tues.11/5/02 arrive Tokyo Wed. 11/6/02 depart for Bangkok two hours later. Depart for Hanoi Thur. 11/7/02...1hour, 45 minute flight.  Depart Hanoi for DaNang on Marine Corps birthday.  Depart DaNang for Cambodia on 11/14/02...two days later fly back to Bangkok.  After two days there, depart on Monday 11/18/02 for Los Angeles arriving in LAX the same day.

Hanoi is not a typical, modern, Asian city. Lots of people and an equal number of bicycles and motorbikes ....noisy and it starts early in the morning.  The Old Quarter is exciting and probably the most interesting part of town to stay.  The Vietnamese refer to the war as the "American War"....hard to get use to that!

Hanoi Pictures

picture taken from a NVA who was killed in action in 1967.

Ha Long Bay

Hang Dau Go Grottoe

Ha Long means "dragon descending"

The trip to Ha Long Bay was not part of the itinerary but we heard so much about it and having tired of Hanoi we decided to take the harrowing 3to 4 hour  car ride. A really special place and recommed it to all.

DaNang

The three pictures above were taken at the Furama Resort.  This was the best place in town to stay in 2002. The food and drink were great  You could tell that they were preparing the infrastructure for the developement of more hotels in the area.

The trip to Hue on Highway 1 is spectacular.   The picture above is at the 4,000ft. summit of Hai Van Pass.  This had to be a harrowing trip in the 60's and 70's.  I heard it took a convoy all day to make the trip over the Pass.  Great view from up there

Nui Kim Son / Marble mountain