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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 4, 20235 min read
666, is that a bad sign?? - April 5, 2023
Today dawns bright but still very cloudy. It seems we may not get any blue skies while in Lan Ha Bay. We have a quick cup of coffee and head
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 3, 20235 min read
Not eyeball soup - April 4, 2023
After the excitement of yesterday, we are a bit tentative about eating, or really doing anything this morning. I feel better, but not totall
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 2, 20235 min read
In sickness and in health - April 3, 2023
In Bali they talk about having Bali Belly. In Thailand tourists strive to avoid the dreaded Thailand Tummy. In Cambodia you definitely don’t
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Scott Farnsworth
Apr 1, 20234 min read
Goodbye, Mekong River - April 2, 2023
We have our normal wake, coffee, and breakfast, but is also packing. We’ve been aboard The Lotus Navigator for seven nights, so our stuff is
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 31, 20235 min read
Happy April Fool's Day! - April 1, 2023
Today is the first of the month, so we again say “Rabbit, Rabbit” first thing, for good luck. Per the calendars (that we’re seeing in the lo
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 31, 20235 min read
Sampling a Vietnam vet's moonshine - March 31, 2023
Until now, when we’ve wanted to go ashore, we walked some gang-plank and we were there. Not so here in Vietnam. We’ll be using Sampans. The
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 29, 20234 min read
On a (Vietnamese Spring) Roll - March 30, 2023
On many ships one occasionally gets an ‘At sea day’, when you have zero ports of call. Today, for us, will be an ‘At sea’ day, but we’re on
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 28, 20236 min read
Bombs on the 23rd floor - March 29, 2023
After lunch, yesterday, we took a bus ride to the central market. This is a huge, octopus-shaped building with stalls everywhere. The progra
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 27, 20231 min read
The Killing Fields (no post today) - March 28, 2023
Today there is no post, effectively. The main part of today’s program is a visit to one of the killing fields and the associated genocide
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 26, 20234 min read
The wheels on this aquatic bus - March 27, 2023
Today is our first full day on the ship and our first excursions. When we wake up we find we’re docked, but just to a grassy bank. There’s a
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 26, 20235 min read
Take me to the river - March 26, 2023
Today we change location and mode of transportation, all in one. We’ll end our day on a ship motoring down (up?) the Mekong River. We do our
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 24, 20234 min read
A vacation from our vacation - March 25, 2023
Today, on our todo list, is nothing. It’s a ‘down day’, but we’re thinking it will lift us up. We try to plan these from time to time to rec
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 23, 20235 min read
Today we see The Angkor! What? Yes, exactly! - March 24, 2023
We wake at 4am. It’s pitch black and will be for another two and a half hours. At 4:30 our guide Noy (as in "We’re a-Noy-ed to be awake at t
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 22, 20233 min read
Bye-Bye, Bali - March 23, 2023
The call for “lights out/electricity off for 24 hours” went out at 6 am yesterday morning. It ended at 6am today. As if on cue, the birds
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 21, 20233 min read
Under House Arrest - March 22, 2023
By law (in theory) today’s blog post should be short and boring. In the past, the government turned off electricity, phone, and internet ser
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 20, 20235 min read
Goodbye, evil spirits! - March 21, 2023
[Gentle reader, apologies in advance for the length of this entry.] Happy Spring Equinox! Today we have to be at the beach by 5:45 for a qui
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 19, 20234 min read
Chocolate and rice, YUM! - March 20, 2023
It’s a bit of a funny ‘good bye’ at our hotel. They’re thanking us for coming and wishing us safe travels. Our answer is “See you soon… we’l
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 18, 20234 min read
Just a short day - March 19, 2023
[Holy Cannoli, is our trip almost over? OK, no, but we did depart from Austin on February 25th and we’re approaching the 20th of March. We’v
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 17, 20234 min read
Drinking cat-poop coffee - March 18, 2023
On a prior day our guide Rina asked how much we’re able to say in Indonesian. Not much. She tried to teach us a few words. This morning, on
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Scott Farnsworth
Mar 17, 20234 min read
So green here on St. Paddy’s Day. Coincidence?? - March 17, 2023
My how time flies! It’s already Saint Patrick’s Day and it seems like only yesterday it was Talk Like A Pirate Day. So far on our Asia trip
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