Shangri-la Posts In Reading Order

Bob and Claire Rogers have moved their Shangri-la, 2009 Asian Adventure blogs to a First to Last blog format. Relive their adventures from Tibetan China through Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.

Christmas Card from Bangkok

Happy Christmas from Bangkok. We’ll celebrate by crossing the International Date Line on Christmas Day.
Bob and Claire Rogers prepare to return home from their adventurous tandem bicycle tour from Tibet to Bangkok.

Claire and Bob Rogers

First Impressions of The Mekong Delta

We are enjoying the Mekong delta in Vietnam, the ferry crossings, the traditional, and changing ways of life. We will cycle up what we think is a tiny road upriver; then again we might get lost, again.

What is it with us and drunks?

Walking on China Beach, we heard, then saw a motorcycle crash across. We found a man out cold, a cigarette in his hand, and gasoline leaking from the motorcycle. Claire crushed the cigarette and threw it away, and I got the motorcycle off him, and upright so the gasoline would stop spilling, and turned off the key.