Today was Carrie's 13th birthday. Anita and I are now officially parents of a teenager. She celebrated with an afternoon in a fancy spa. The rest of us celebrated with a tony dinner and a very fancy cake we got from a bakery that happened to be right across the street from our hotel and, wonder of wonders, happened to make a cake everyone agreed was delicious. Happy birthday, Carrie!
Other adventures from the day included changing hotels (go, Karen!), my first ATM withdrawal in Vietnamese Dong (3rd try was a charm), and going on a boat ride to catch the local Mekong color -- like a Cham mosque. Yes, there are muslims in Vietnam, and there have been for about 1,00 years. Tomorrow I'll post our Joseph Conrad / Apocalypse Now moments, boating down from Phnom Pehn and into this little fish farm town in the upper reaches of the Mekong Delta. We've been engulfed by Vietnam.
This video blog goes back in time a few days to crisp memories that are beginning to get a golden glow. It's late because putting the video together took a few late nights, a long bus ride and a long boat ride, but I'm happy that it gives something of a sense for the place, and the sense the girls made of the place. Liam kept his comments close to his vest, I will say, when recording devices were present. He was fine being more vocal about his opinions at other times. Speaking of unhappy American children, see if you can hear a Dead Kennedy's song apropos that very topic buried in the mix of background music.
A big thrill for me this trip is the fun that Carrie is having with her iPhone camera. She's got an Instagram blog going for her friends back home. They are getting to see some really neat shots of frozen motion -- the video blog ends with one of her pictures and I hope to include more throughout the summer.
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