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Do Beer goggles actually work?
April 17, 2024 Bye-bye Hong Kong and hello Vietnam. Fifty-one years ago, I got my first invitation to Vietnam. Fortunately, about a month before I was scheduled to go, the President announced the war was winding down and no new troops were expected...
Trama and Drama on th high seas
April 14, 2024 We were delayed by immigration for two hours in Shanghai. So, we were already late. Then at o’dark thirty, the captain declared a medical emergency and had changed course to Taipei to get the medically necessary care for the sick...
RED China
April 9, 2024 Shanghai, China Oh my god, this place is over the top! Shanghai is quite a way inland from the open sea. We took on our first of three pilots at 7 AM. We docked at 3 PM up the Huangpu River. Kind of like the Port of Portland,...
Japan last and final stop in that country
April 5-6, 2024 Nagasaki, Japan When I looked out this morning and saw we were actually in Nagasaki, Japan, I was quite surprised. You’ll have to read more to understand why I was so surprised. Nagasaki is the other city we destroyed with an A-Bomb. ...
Tsunami?
April 1-2, 2024 Sakaimanto, Japan. Oh boy, April 1st, the day of the fool…and the next day too. I must get out there and listen! Our final day in Japan and 1st day in Korea. Sakaiminato was the city of eyeballs and chopsticks and loads of street art. As the...
A-Bomb
March 30, 2024 Hiroshima, Japan We all know the story about the A-bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, but it really doesn’t sink in until you walk in the footsteps of all of those that were killed on August 6, 1945. But, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. At out...