What's for lunch?

I'm told these were silkworms, obviously worms of some sort. Crunchy on the outside and then a texture I didn't like on the inside. I only ate one and had the snails instead.

Daily market in Hoi An

The city retains much of its French colonial past. The daily local market is lively. Here it is from the wonderful coffee shop Cheryl found for us. Real cappucino and fresh warm delicate croissants.

Vietnam!

I retired from blogging once I got to HCMC (Ho Chi Minh City, official name of city those of us in the U S call Saigon. Along with the other oppressive actions the US has done is to Anglicize the spelling of Viet Nam, Sai Gon, Ha Noi, etc. There are no multi syllabic words in Vietnamese and my friend and staunch Veteran for Peace friend reminded me that it is a sign of respect to spell the names correctly.

on the road from Hoi An to Hue

There is a storm sitting on the central part of the country. It rained hard last night and began again today. Driving in a tour van from Hoi An to Da Nang and then Hue we encountered washed out roads

Swan Lake at the Sydney Opera House

The ballet corps was fabulous and the orchestra was certainly world class.

Sydney Fish Market is the 2nd largest in the world

Jeff and Marty, you would love this place. So would Cathy. Different seafood than Seattle. Lots of kinds of shrimp. Lots of sushi, high end cheese store and a bread shop. I had grilled Barramunfi, a local fish I had before but this was the best. Wild Barramundi is protected part of the year but farmed year round.

Greeter for the Sydney fish market