Yeah! Hawaii then Asia... :-)

I finally booked my ticket to Hawaii. Reserved for the conference there and also asked for time off from work. I'll be there in April. The time off from work is actually going under educational leave, but it's an excuse for me to visit Hawaii. I am hoping that Jessica and I will be able to finalize our very "slow planning for asia" during this trip. Of course, we will have a lot of fun when I'm there too. Sheen is also coming. It's looking good!

TickTock

I'm begnning to worry that 3 weeks aren't going to be enough time for all that Thao and I want to do. What should we cut out or minimize? I'm starting to think that Thailand (sorry Korsin) may have to pay. Maybe if someone can finance our trip and get us all the time off we want (and keep our jobs happy) we won't have to sacrifice anything . Any takers?

Vietnam

Sad to say that even though I'm Vietnamese I don't know it so well. Being from South Vietnam, North and Central Vietnam are very mysterious to me. So today, I was reading a NY Times article online - "53 places to Go in 2008," Vietnam is including in the list. So I ended up reading more about it. Here is what I came up with

HANOI - must see Lake Hoan Kiem just before before sunrise, Old Quarter, massages at the Shiseido Qui Spa, to stay: De Syloia or Metropole

HOI AN - New Space Gallery

Ha Long Bay

HUE - Forbidden City, La Residence

SAIGON - Panorama, the markets, temples

We'll have to narrow the list down more but I will need to ask my friends in Vietnam.

With so many places to see, I'm afraid that we might have to run the entire trip.

Newest stuff...

So neither Thao nor I have written anything in the last few weeks and the blog is looking a little thin. I haven't done anything on our trip plan except I went to Chinatown last week and went into a travel agent's office. I even got his card. I know, you're impressed now. How about you Thao, how's your planning going?

Speaking of Thao, we just found out that our other friend, Sheen will also be visiting Hawaii in April. It'll be like a Brown reunion.