frisco-kid
Sat December 10, 2005 8:59pm
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About a week before we got to Mui Ne, there was a big coast storm to the north. It caused some high surf at here. A few days later, there was a hurricane that struck the Philippines. It also caused a high surf at Mui Ne. Between the two of them, there was alot of beach erosion. It did make for some great body surfing, though. Reminded me of my teenage years on Ocean Beach at San Francisco, except you didn't need a wetsuit or treatment for hypothermia in Mui Ne  .
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frisco-kid
Sat December 10, 2005 9:34pm
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After flying from Phu Quoc Island to Saigon, our guide and driver picked us up the airport and drove us directly to Mui Ne. Mui Ne is just a couple of miles NE of Phan Thiet. It is a very popular beach resort area to both tourists and the rich Vietnamese.
After checking in, we were shown to our bungalow.
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frisco-kid
Sun December 11, 2005 4:36pm
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As I've said on many occassions, Catholicism is alive and well in VN. There's alot of Catholics in the Communist Party there. You can see this as you drive by huge mansions with catholic statuary on the balcony, or a catholic shrine in the courtyard. This is a not-too-subtle catholic shrine at a gas station that we stopped at. The gas stations are privately owned, but the government comtrols the flow and the price. Most of these stations sit on a good sized piece of real estate, with the owners usually huge house next door to it.
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frisco-kid
Sun December 11, 2005 4:49pm
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We took an in-country flight from Phu Quoc Island to Saigon, where we were met by our driver and guide. We piled into the van, and headed directly for the beach resort area of Mui Ne near Phan Thiet. We crossed the Saigon River on the way out of town.
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frisco-kid
Tue December 13, 2005 6:13pm
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After our walk on the beach we returned to the outdoor cafe area to pay our bill and leave. Before we could do so, the waiter brought us 2 beers and told us it was from the other party that was near by. They then asked us to join them. They were a group of school teachers that had been partying since before we got there. They all spoke a little bit of english, but some better than others. They were all eager to try it out on us. I could see that they weren't ever going to let my beer glass become empty, so I was able to convince them that we had to go. It could have turned into hours.
This is one of my favorite things to do when traveling in a foreign country; to get up close and personal with the locals. Other foreign travelers, also. You find out how much we're all pretty much alike, while getting an education about how unique we all are, also. It was a good time.
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frisco-kid
Tue December 20, 2005 10:06pm
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Setting fish nets in an eddy.
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frisco-kid
Tue December 20, 2005 11:57pm
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The roads in the Mekong were pretty nice. This is a new bridge.
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frisco-kid
Wed December 21, 2005 12:26am
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The highlight of the trip for me was going to be going to the Mekong Delta. I had never been south of Saigon before. A lot of The Delta is criss crossed with rivers, canals, and channels. It looked as flat as a pool table, with thick vegetation right down to the waters edge. Gimpy, Brice, you boys that fought down this way sure earned your combat pay.
From Saigon, we were headed for Cantho, passing through Mytho and Vinh Long. Takes a kick-ass paratrooper to vacation in The Mekong .
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frisco-kid
Wed December 21, 2005 10:45pm
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After leaving the fish market we were taken to a Buddhist monastary in the nearby hills.
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frisco-kid
Wed December 21, 2005 11:19pm
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we decided to check out the neighborhood around the hotel. It was about 40F and a wind blowing. Glad I never got sent to Korea.
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b3196
Tue May 2, 2006 4:26pm
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Happiness
Happiness is not fame, fortune, or sex. Happiness is blasting a potato into the next state
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b3196
Tue May 2, 2006 4:40pm
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No explaination needed
This is not what you sick puppies are thinking....Mike was helping Sid count the tablespoons of powder
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Keith_Hixson
Tue September 12, 2006 8:19pm
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Crossing Yet Another Glac
Glacier crossing near the summit
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Richard Hambley
Fri July 25, 2008 9:13pm
Rating: 10
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MIKE FORCE MONTAGNARD
MIKE FORCE MONTAGNARD WEARING ONE OF RICK HAMBLEY'S .38 PISTOLS AT TEMPORARY JUNGLE CAMP NEAR CAMBODIAN BORDER 1968
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Richard Hambley
Fri July 25, 2008 9:57pm
Rating: 10
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MIKE FORCE RECON
SGT. Rick Hambley with Boo and Hit (his two favorite Montagnard scouts) on Mike Force Recon west of Pleiku near Cambodian border 1968 with one of the first new PRC 77's to be used in country. Other radio to left is PRC 25.
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