Our first river cruise — on AmaWaterways’ luxurious new AmaDara — is history. So it’s the first chance for us to compare it to what we’ve always known: ocean cruises. This is not an all-inclusive comparison, as our “inaugural” was in a remote, somewhat virgin part of the river cruise world, Cambodia and Vietnam. There’s… Continue reading First River Cruise: Mekong Riches
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Making New Memories in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh. The Mekong Delta. Phnom Penh. Hanoi. Cambodia. Khmer Rouge. If you’re a teenager of the ’60s, as we are, all of these words can mean only one thing to you. The Vietnam War. The words were on newscasts for nights and weeks on end, in a seemingly endless tale of torture, sadness,… Continue reading Making New Memories in Vietnam
Vietnam — Now is Not Then
It’s not that many years ago that Hanoi, Viet Cong and Ho Chi Minh were all 4-letter words around the western world, but time does heal the wounds ravaged by wars like the protracted one in Vietnam that dominated headlines through the sixties. Almost every family in America knew someone who had been to Vietnam,… Continue reading Vietnam — Now is Not Then