Heading out

Behold, David and me with Dr. Khahn Phamhuu (our host, far left, and my host again for this upcoming trip) and the park rangers at Crocodile Lake in Cat Tien National Park, January 2013.   Here is the website for Cat Tien: www.namcattien.vn.  Don't panic if it comes up in Vietnamese- there is an English version if you click on the little British flag in the upper right corner.

I am headed out tomorrow morning, and I'm too overwhelmed with last minute prep to write anything insightful. The older I get the harder it is to get excited about long plane rides, so I'm focusing on how much fun it will be to arrive in Vietnam.  I'm also coming down from the adrenaline rush of having had two different computers crash on me this week. I lost a bunch of work related to the trip. However, I persevered and it will all be fine. Cue the dragons! Huzzah!

I'm still interested in whether you can leave a comment (still working on that) and to see if blogger auto-posts this to my Facebook. 

I hope to visit this spot again. That tree-house looking structure in the background is the ranger station overlooking Crocodile Lake. The company was outstanding and the bird watching was outrageous. And those park rangers are excellent cooks.  Seems like all the good photos must be in David's files, because I'm not finding many to share. I'll be taking more soon, though.

For in-flight reading I have a copy of Interpreting for Park Visitors, and She Weeps Each Time You're Born, a novel by Vietnamese-American writer Quan Berry. And tons of work notes.

The Fulbright Specialist Program would like me to remind you that this is not an official Fulbright program publication. The views and opinions expressed are mine. I just wanted to get that out there.

Good night everyone.