Tag Archives: tourism

Viet Nam redux

OCS buddy Jerry Noga has returned from what he jokingly calls his "second tour" in Viet Nam, with the news that "the Vietnamese people are very interested in having tourists" and the tourism is "safe, comfortable and relatively inexpensive." The worst part was "the LONG plane ride." He used The Indochina Tour Company (for which I can’t find a link), which furnished "guides and drivers at each airport and major city," but there are other outfits just as good. He even checked out my old MACV compound in Hoi An. "It is now a school and a hospital," with the only sign of war "the old French bunker out front." That’s good news, indeed.

Hitting the Bend

For something new in tourism, visit the desert.

"Big Bend has been blessed with abundant rain since the beginning of August. This year, we are enjoying the Chihuahuan Desert’s version of a monsoon. It is not an annual event. If it were, it wouldn’t be a desert.  Daily temperatures have been  very pleasant, much cooler than average. Bring a sweater."