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This was one of the busiest intersections in Dalat and there is was, just studying everything that was moving :) Maybe she was waiting for someone, maybe she took a break...who knows...]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3273 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3272 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3272 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:05:31 GMT
They sell the craziest things on the market here...frogs, snakes, insects and other unidentified things :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3272 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3271 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3271 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:56:58 GMT
Dalat is on the tempered highlands of Vietnam...before we started the trip up hill the guy in the bus said something that I didn't understand and he started to give some of the people on the bus plastic bags. It took me a little while but I finally u]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3271 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3270 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3270 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:54:39 GMT
Rick and I managed to get a deal on a massage...the vietnamese massage is similliar to the thai massage so it wasn't really that relaxing but still good :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3270 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3269 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3269 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:52:33 GMT
we rented scooters to travel around hoi an...they were quite powerful and i pushed mine to 80km/h but then my way too big helmet was trying to take off so I had to stop grrr.]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3269 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3268 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3268 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:42:09 GMT
this section was the best preserved in the whole area]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3268 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3267 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3267 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:29:49 GMT
The net wasn't a necessity really...unless you wanted to wake up with a 100 mosquito bites :) ]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3267 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3266 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3266 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:26:50 GMT
Yup got me some shoes too :) ]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3266 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3265 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3265 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:22:02 GMT
Hoi An is famous for having lots of tailors and we couldn't resist making some fitted clothes :) The people there sure knew how to sell...ended up buying way too much stuff :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3265 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3264 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3264 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:09:07 GMT
The place we stayed at in Hoi An :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3264 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3263 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3263 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:05:42 GMT
We visited the floating market on the Me kong and got us some pine apples...it was cool floating around there seeing how it all worked even though it was a total chaos.]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3263 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3262 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3262 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:04:28 GMT
being on vacation is tiresome ;)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3262 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3261 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3261 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:59:11 GMT
After lunch we had a few minutes over for this...sweeeeet as ;)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3261 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3260 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3260 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:56:15 GMT
Do you think he could pass as a native?]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3260 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3259 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3259 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:47:24 GMT
we went on a 2 day me kong delta trip, this canoe trip was included...our canoe was driving by a woman paddling all by herself...the other ones had 2 people doing the paddling. Poor woman...i gave her a big tip :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3259 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3258 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3258 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:42:09 GMT
On my way down into the tunnels...The opening is of course adjusted for tourists...this is the original size entrance: http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3197 :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3258 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3257 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3257 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:06:24 GMT
We stopped for lunch and the restaurant had this nice pond with tiny waterfalls and tiny mountains with even tinier figurines.]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3257 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3256 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3256 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:01:49 GMT
On the way to the Cu Chi Tunnels our tour bus dropped us off in a workshop with lots of handcrafted goods. This is a plate of some sort and the artist is gluing tiny bits of egg shell on to it creating a really cool pattern within the pattern. ]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3256 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3255 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3255 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:56:59 GMT
I ordered a fruit drink...I'm not sure if carrot is a fruit, is it? This was buy the way at a very cool restaurant, you had the bar and tables in a building in the center...and then tiny almost like street kitchens all the way around the building...s]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3255 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3254 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3254 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:50:14 GMT
The Palace from the main entrance...there was a guard there who tried to look kind of mean but it's kind of hard to be affected when he's as tall as me :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3254 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3253 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3253 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:48:32 GMT
This is from the front balcony...I wouldn't mind having a fountain in my garden :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3253 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3252 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3252 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:39:44 GMT
I really liked this part of the Reunification Palace. The effect of light and shadows was really cool.]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3252 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3251 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3251 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:35:32 GMT
We visited the Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, bits and pieces were impressive...a rug like this would have looked nice in my none existing flat :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3251 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3250 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3250 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:30:39 GMT
If I had only been fast enough to get a frontal photo of this woman...she was like 90 years old and carrying all this stuff but still so fast!]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3250 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3249 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3249 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:08:11 GMT
Probably the only time I will ever have this amount of money in my hands...it's over a million dongs :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3249 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3248 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3248 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:06:41 GMT
I was tired, OK?]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3248 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3247 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3247 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:50:30 GMT
This is how Rickard and I lived in Sydney during the few days we were there...it was ok, but pretty expensive compared to NZ. It was a huge place called the Maze.]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3247 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3246 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3246 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:46:03 GMT
I'm down at one of the sisters, there was a marvelous day and the view was great!]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3246 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3245 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3245 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:58:13 GMT
In the blue mountains there is a famous formation called the three sisters. There is access to the first of the three sisters and here I am on my way there.]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3245 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3244 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3244 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:37:47 GMT
During the Sydney visit we also went to the Blue Mountains, the blueness comes from phenomenon with light and the oil that comes from the eucalyptus trees growing there.]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3244 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3243 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3243 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:35:17 GMT
By night from from a different angle and closer]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3243 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3242 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3242 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:30:37 GMT
Here I am with the Opera house in the background...about the sour face...it was late, we had been walking all day and I was tired :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3242 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3241 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3241 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:27:11 GMT
Another angle :) I'm so glad I got to see this building! Now when I see it in movies I think to myself, yay I've seen that IRL :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3241 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3240 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3240 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:23:42 GMT
Here we are infront (or back depending on how you see it) of the Opera house...it's quite amazing on picture and even more amazing in real life!]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3240 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3239 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3239 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:16:13 GMT
Another angle of the opera house...I didn't have a tripod so I was sitting in a weird way using a rail as support...people must have thought I was a bit weird :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3239 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3238 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3238 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:12:28 GMT
This is the path that goes around the Opera House in Sydney. In the reflection you can see the harbour.]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3238 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3237 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3237 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:02:12 GMT
The Sydney Harbour Bridge a bit later in the evening.]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3237 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3236 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3236 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:41:35 GMT
One of the must sees of Sydney, check!]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3236 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3235 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3235 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:31:51 GMT
On my todo list I had "To to an IMAX Theatre" and there was one in Sydney so of course we had to go :) We saw a an underwater show voiced by Kate Winslet and some other famous guy...to be able to see the 3D we had to wear these fashionable glasses :)]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3235 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3234 http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3234 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:24:42 GMT
Rickard is playing with is camera in a park in Sydney]]> http://www.kimthorning.com/media.php?itemID=3234