We had a lazy start to the day. Jessie’s scrambled eggs are getting better and better so a leisurely breakfast was followed by an equally leisurely outing to the Nha Trang Oceanography Museum and Aquarium.
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A man solves the problem of too many visiting relatives. He borrowed money from the rich ones and loaned it to the poor ones. Now none of them come back.
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4 May 2025
The next stage of our adventure is another travel day, this time from Đà Lạt to Nha Trang back on the coast, a three-hour ride in a 12-seater minibus – plenty of room to stretch out and snore.
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Woman Stops Grizzly Attack with a .25 Calibre Pistol
A story of one woman’s self-control and marksmanship with a little .25 cal. against a fierce predator.
“While out hiking in Alberta, Canada with my husband we were surprised by a huge grizzly bear charging at us from out of nowhere. She must have been protecting her cubs because she was extremely aggressive,” the woman recalled. “If I had not had my little .25 calibre Beretta with me I would not be here today!
“Just one shot to my husband’s knee was all it took. The bear got him and I was able to escape by walking away. It’s one of the best pistols in my collection!”
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We left the Möwenpick Resort and made our way to the next stop on our agenda, Đà Lạt, up in the mountains. I gather it was where the French colonialists escaped the summer heat in Saigon.
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A man takes his wife to a disco. There’s a guy on the dance floor break dancing, moonwalking, back flips, the works. The wife turns to her husband and says, “See that guy? 25 years ago he proposed to me and I turned him down.”
The husband says, “Looks like he’s still celebrating!”
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We left Ho Chi Minh City about 9.30 and took a taxi to Phan Thiet, about three hours up the coast. This was perhaps the most exciting part of the adventure as we were going to meet up with Adam, Ava and the girls. The exciting part was that the girls did not know we were coming.
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A customer walks into a restaurant and notices a large sign on the wall: $500 if we fail to fill your order! When his waitress arrives, he orders elephant ears on rye. She calmly writes down his order and walks into the kitchen.
The restaurant owner comes storming out of the kitchen. He runs up to the customer’s table, slaps five $100 bills down on it and says, “You got me this time buddy, but I want you to know that’s the first time in ten years we’ve been out of rye bread!”
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We were up bright and early for our journey by taxi from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City, a journey of just over six hours including the obligatory border crossing. The driver who took us from Phnom Penh to the border at Moc Bai was excellent – very calm and cautious and steady.
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We’ve had this before but it never gets old because it is so accurate!
A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted,” Excuse me, can you help? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”
The woman below replied, “You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude.”
“You must be an engineer,” said the balloonist.
“I am,” replied the woman. “How did you know?”
“Well,” answered the balloonist, “everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of you, and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help so far.”
The woman below responded, “You must be in management.”
“I am,” replied the balloonist, “but how did you know?”
“Well,” said the woman, “you don’t know where you are or where you are going. You have risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it’s my fault!”
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