tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post7404280613720138495..comments2024-03-29T06:26:28.942+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Ho's RevengeSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-74923994620127667062018-07-26T06:57:48.546+01:002018-07-26T06:57:48.546+01:00It probably wasn’t the martini. The alcohol would ...It probably wasn’t the martini. The alcohol would have killed any germs, right? Glad you’re on the mend and better that it happened in a beautiful place you didn’t mind resting in. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-41464966671348423662018-07-25T16:59:09.704+01:002018-07-25T16:59:09.704+01:00Hope you are on the mend.
Apart from that bit of...Hope you are on the mend. <br /><br />Apart from that bit of bad news, I absolutely love your travel posts. Highlights for me.<br /><br />Re: plastic bottles in tropical destinations, my daughter who often travels for work in SE Asia has switched to tea, aka boiled water. Esp. green tea which apparently - so she claims - tastes great even cold and is even availbale as frozen tea. Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-15304079006819754992018-07-25T16:56:40.619+01:002018-07-25T16:56:40.619+01:00the floats are really cool, glad you are keeping t...the floats are really cool, glad you are keeping them. Bummer about the illness- must have been the Martini, Dave did not have one and he is more well than you. Difficult to say but I am glad you are on the mend. Photos, as usual , are lovely. Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-81214235988282951732018-07-25T16:46:41.666+01:002018-07-25T16:46:41.666+01:00keep 10 steps from the nearest loo at ALL TIMESs x...keep 10 steps from the nearest loo at ALL TIMESs xxxJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-27984368747793352332018-07-25T16:17:54.364+01:002018-07-25T16:17:54.364+01:00Really sorry to read that you have been struck by ...Really sorry to read that you have been struck by Ho's Revenge. Not a fun way to spend a vacation. Hope you are feeling well now. Love that purple shell. It's so beautiful. I think about plastic use so often. I wash and reuse the plastic bags we get at the coop for veggies. We bring our own bags to the store with us. We never buy water in plastic bottles. Still, the plastic mounts up... all kinds of food containers like yogurt, tofu, cheese, etc. With China starting to refuse our plastic refuse it's going to be a big bummer for the oceans. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-51456213869394714112018-07-25T16:10:04.579+01:002018-07-25T16:10:04.579+01:00Sorry to hear of your unplanned visitor ... hope i...Sorry to hear of your unplanned visitor ... hope it's on its way out for good.<br /><br />We have a refundable deposit on all drink containers in NS - we pay 10 cents per container at the checkout (which means a $2.40 charge added to the cost of two dozen bottles of water, for example) and if we return them to any depot we get 5 cents back. Maybe that's why we never see used bottles here. Occasionally I see a guy around town poking through garbage bins collecting the bottles people have thrown away. Going door to door asking for bottle donations is also a popular way for kids' groups of all kinds to raise money. I think the deposit idea does encourage a more closed loop in the recycling process.<br /><br />I wouldn't want to ban plastic bottles because then we'd be back to glass, which is much heavier and raises the environmental cost of transporting them around every country. Since the transportation industry is the biggest contributor to CO2 emissions, banning plastic would come at a huge cost as well. jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-77951380229340873272018-07-25T16:02:43.466+01:002018-07-25T16:02:43.466+01:00You have some beautiful and unique beach finds to ...You have some beautiful and unique beach finds to make a memory of your trip.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-28497738682980971792018-07-25T15:41:07.510+01:002018-07-25T15:41:07.510+01:00Sorry to hear about the "revenge". It&#...Sorry to hear about the "revenge". It's so unpleasant to not feel well when you travel. It's only happened to me a couple of times but all I can think about when it does is "I wish I was home". That sea shell is gorgeous! Much prettier than the one I brought home from California. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-51296491731676420712018-07-25T15:19:53.594+01:002018-07-25T15:19:53.594+01:00no fun feeling sick on a vacation. at least it is ...no fun feeling sick on a vacation. at least it is short lived. Dave not affected? Strange that there aren't any sea birds. the float thingys are pretty cool. I'd keep them too.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-47640017834667100582018-07-25T15:16:20.789+01:002018-07-25T15:16:20.789+01:00Intestinal bug like travelers and are becoming all...Intestinal bug like travelers and are becoming all too common.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-32994947493559900362018-07-25T14:23:28.736+01:002018-07-25T14:23:28.736+01:00I hope you feel better soon. I hope you feel better soon. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-12279459181112586882018-07-25T13:55:02.351+01:002018-07-25T13:55:02.351+01:00Perhaps it wasn't so much a "bug" yo...Perhaps it wasn't so much a "bug" you ingested as it was simply a case of such very different food. I think that happens in Mexico a lot- people just eat and drink quite differently than they do at home. But who knows? I'm really glad you're better. <br />What did people do before bottled water? I mean, people have always traveled. We DO have to figure this out and I hope it's not too late. <br />Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-4880840898482221202018-07-25T13:33:22.124+01:002018-07-25T13:33:22.124+01:00I'm sorry that you experienced the "reven...I'm sorry that you experienced the "revenge" and hope you are feeling better soon. <br /><br />For our trips to Mexico is past years we took Pepto Bismol tablets, one before each meal and that did help. I don't know if you could find those in Vietnam.<br /><br />Cheryl Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00669462404986779573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-26298124581554357502018-07-25T13:25:27.963+01:002018-07-25T13:25:27.963+01:00Sorry about your illness. It is no fun to be sick...Sorry about your illness. It is no fun to be sick when you are away from home. I was in Peru a couple of weeks ago and about five people in my group got the same thing you have. I was super careful, they were super careful. I don't know why I didn't get it, but feel fortunate that I didn't! Feel better! I am enjoying reading of your adventures in SE Asia.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490988837607883653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-24038690306954373532018-07-25T12:34:19.362+01:002018-07-25T12:34:19.362+01:00Typical Mr Pudding !! Made me laugh anyway. I a...Typical Mr Pudding !! Made me laugh anyway. I am enjoying your reports from your hols. Sorry to hear you have been "incapacitated"..hope you feel better soon. You are not missing much here......still ridiculously hot in SE. I just checked that temps where you are are .Much the same as here I think.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-67808894257432900212018-07-25T12:22:35.745+01:002018-07-25T12:22:35.745+01:00I'm sorry to hear you've been struck down ...I'm sorry to hear you've been struck down by the revenge,, I hope today is a better day, that purple shell is beautiful, I'm still laughing from reading Yorkshire puddings comment!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-26689767951141037242018-07-25T10:41:03.455+01:002018-07-25T10:41:03.455+01:00I love the shell. Feel better soon.I love the shell. Feel better soon.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-26457338092034850532018-07-25T09:25:26.140+01:002018-07-25T09:25:26.140+01:00They were not fishing floats you found on the beac...They were not fishing floats you found on the beach. They are in fact body plugs that the Vietnamese use whenever they are struck down by Ho's Revenge!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com