Monthly Archives: April 2010

Within any country there are regional differences and rivalries, north vs. south, east coast vs. west coast, etc. Vietnam is no different. As we traveled north from Saigon/Ho Chi Min the people of the south good-naturedly warned us about the … Continue reading →

We’ve now traveled north from Da Nang to Hue on Hwy 1. In the afternoon, after checking into our hotel, we visited the Imperial Citadel in the center of town. It was the first rainy day of our trip and … Continue reading →

China Beach in Da Nang was dramatized and somewhat memorialized by the 80s TV show, starring Dana Delaney, about nurses during the Vietnam War. In addition to being a hospital base, this was the place where GIs came to for in-country … Continue reading →

Marble Mountain is really a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located south of Da Nang  — each is named after the five elements metal (Kim), water (Thuy ), wood (Moc), fire (Hoa), and earth (Tho). The area is full … Continue reading →

We visited the My Lai village – a life sized memorial of the massacre which took place here in 1968. Eerily, the images of this tragedy were photographed and are displayed at this site. According historical accounts, the mass murder was … Continue reading →

It’s easy to get lost in the scenery of Vietnam. We are driving south from Qui Non where we will see both countryside and seaside towns. Looking out from the bus we are deluged by sights of people working in … Continue reading →

This morning the group had breakfat at the Yasaka Saigon Hotel restaurant in Nha Trang. Sporting Poet gear, Yuki Miyagiwa ’09 caught the attention of a fellow Whittier alum, Don Orr ’66. Mr. Orr, a former Poet quarterback, is traveling … Continue reading →

  We took an early morning flight to Qui Nhon. Despite delays at the airport, the 1-hour flight was mostly pleasant. Upon our arrival, we were met by our new tour guide “Tom”. He proceeded to take us directly to … Continue reading →