When I left Saigon...

Midnight At Tan Son Nhat. Toi that buon ke ca nguoi lam trong khach san cung biet dieu nay tren guong mat toi. Toi lam dc nhieu dieu va moi nguoi vui ve do la niem hanh phuc cua toi. Cung co nhung rui ro va ko vua y 2 buc tranh lon gan 1 met ma TA tang va 1 tam toi mua ma Airline charge la 300 dollars neu muon dem theo vi no qua kho ma hang hang khong qui dinh. Toi buc minh noi thoi ko mang di va de lai VN va goi qua buu dien. Mat hon 1/2 tieng dong ho o Tan Son Nhat vi 2 buc tranh nay. Buc tranh son dau that dep toi mua co 30 dollars va buc tranh tang thi ko biet bao nhieu ma cung ko biet no ra sao vi tat ca da goi va bang keo bang nhung to bao. Co the tat ca dang gia la 60 dollars ma chuyen cho la 300 dollars that vo ly nen toi da bo lai 2 buc tranh di qua duong buu dien ma chi phi ko hon 100 dollars cho 2 buc tranh 6.2 kg nay. Tinh co 2 buc tranh cung mot kich thuoc. Toi khong co quan trong tien bac nhung tat ca deu fai hop ly cua no. Co lan toi mua 10 cai non la o Hue khi ve toi day chi con 2 cai vi tren duong ve nguoi ta nhat ng co tiep dai vien thich mua lai de lam qua. Mua chua den 1 dollar ma ban cho ho 10 dollars 1 cai.


SunRise over Bien Dong - South China Sea


Morning in Tokyo

SunRise over Pacific Ocean. If you look closely there was also a moon in the morning.

Luc di VN thi chi mat 1 ngay nhung luc tro ve thi mat 2 ngay vi vay moi co 2 binh minh vi date line do chinh la ly do toi xa em 12 rieng. Toi thuong nghi mot ngay nao do con nguoi co the co nhg tram o ngoai quy dao trai dat (earth station) cho trai dat quay den VN thi bay xuong thi rat khoe vi trai dat luc dao cung quay theo quy dso. The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth opposite the Prime Meridian where the date changes as one travels east or west across it. Roughly along 180° longitude, with diversions to pass around some territories and island groups, it mostly corresponds to the time zone boundary separating −12 and +12 hours Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) (Greenwich Mean Time – GMT). Crossing the IDL travelling east results in a day or 24 hours being subtracted (so the traveler repeats the date), and crossing west results in a day being added. The exact number of hours depends on the time zones.

Morning in Chicago
Khi di thi mang vai ngan dollars khi tro ve day thi khong con mot xu ngoai tru 400 ngan tien Viet con sot lai. Vao O'hara airport bo ATM lay tien de an mot mi xao o Won Chu va 1 hamburger voi friend fries o O'hara steak house chuan bi cho may bay ve nha.

Tu hom ve den gio thi benh qua lan nay ko fai trung thuc do an ma bi cam cum so mui....ve nha that yen tinh la ky that qua khac voi Saigon vai hom truoc cu 6 gio la nghe tieng xe chay va tieng coi am i. Chi co toi moi hieu dc cam giac la lung nay. Hom di thi giua Dong troi bao tuyet va khi ve thi mua Xuan that am ap kho ta duoc cam giac bang loi. Nguoi taxi quen thuoc goi ten toi Thomas... Thomas toi da goi ong Taxi quen thuoc luc di ong noi neu ve thi goi ong ay ong se pick up. Ngoi xuong toi lay SIM card Vietnam ra thay vao SIM card cua T-mobile la goi dc. Rat tien loi khi co multi-band cellphone. Toi chi doi him co 15 phut va toi noi o arrival section pillar so 6 de ong ay tim toi cho de. Toi quay lai thi thay ong ay quen thuoc ong ay la nguoi taxi vui ve. O Chicago da lay tien nen toi co tien tra taxi va cho ong ay 5 dollars tip. Vao nha thi dau tien la su yen tinh lam toi buon den te tai. Cung co nhung chuyen xay ra ko nhu y nhu xe hoi ko chay vi binh dien chet roi bi benh roi server down vi hard drive...