We were up early and left 6:30 AM to walk back to the boat dock to board the boat for the Tra On floating market. This is a less well known market to tourists. The market had a lot of activity with goods passing from boat to boat. The masts of the boat had the items for sale from that boat hanging. Breakfast was provided by a woman who pulled up in a small boat and seemed to have several dishes made from rice that tasted more like breakfast food and were go...

No blogs posted for several days due to difficulty accessing internet and decline in my health. The sore throat I previously referred to disasppeared the next day, but came back with a vengeance the next day and turned into a general upper respiratory infection. I started my trusty antibiotics three days ago and am slowly improving with symptoms changing each day. Tomorrow I anticipate I will probably lose my voice. I woke up this AM with one eye stuck shut, so w...