September in Viet Nam...

This was my first time in September in Asia and I read this is the rainiest month of the year. Well I took a chance and looking at the weather now in October I went at the right time because they are having Hurricanes and lots of rain now. We did get rain but it was showers and we would just sit it out then go do what we wanted between the outburst. I flew out of LAX to Hong Kong for the first time and was impressed with HK. There is great shopping there but it was tough because there were so many people. Then I flew to Ho Chi Minh on Labor day morning and Trong was there waiting for me. We spent 2 nights there visiting with friends and relaxing then took the second worst bus ride of my life to Dalat in the mountains in the central highlands. It was a 5 hour bus ride that took 9 hours with some very rough washed out road along the way. The city of Dalat is a beautiful place with flowers everywhere and a lake right in the middle of town. It was very cool and wet there but we had a great time taking the motorbike around see people and places in this romantic city. Too soon it was time to go back to HCM but this time we flew and spend 3 nights going to the zoo and taking care of last minute things and saying goodbye to our friends. Next spring I will be going back and hope to bring Trong back with me. We are waiting for our papers to go through for her visa. We both are waiting impatiently for this.