It was with a sense of great anticipation and adventure that we started our 3-week tour of Vietnam in December ’03. We experienced a country where the people are a delight, the scenery is exceptional and history and religion resulted in other wonderful sightseeing opportunities. Here are a few of the highlights of our trip.

After touring the city of Hanoi, we went into the nearby countryside where small sampans rowed by young women took us out into the Red River Delta to view rugged...

Dublin, Ireland, is a city of much charm and history. On our visit in July ’97 we walked past the impressive Custom House building and the 18th-century Bank of Ireland, which once housed the Irish Parliament. Heading up Grafton Street, we passed many excellent shops and galleries.

We entered the handsome main entrance of Trinity College, giving way into Parliament Square, a cobbled stone quadrangle which is flanked by the Examination Hall, the Theater, the Dining Hall, which dates...

I spent 15 days in a very remarkable country, the kingdom of Bhutan, which is located in the eastern Himalayas and is one of the last bastions of the Tibetan Buddhist culture and religion. It is often referred to as the Land of the Peaceful Dragon and is regarded as one of the last “Shangri-las” in the world.

It took me 30 hours to fly to Bangkok, Thailand, with plane changes in Los Angeles and Hong Kong. I spent the night in Bangkok and then flew by Druk Air via Calcutta to Paro,...