Camp Champions Blog

Our children had found a new sports interest: rugby.

I think I hurt Wellington’s feelings with my comments about the bad weather because it cleared and was cool and clear today.

It is nice to know that we have that type of power.

We are happy to report that New Zealand is not perfect.

After the Tongariro Trek, we decided to move on.

The Tongariro Crossing is the "best one day walk in all of New Zealand".

We have seen several fun sites already, so this blog is a series of short snippets to share them.

If this trip is a massive banquet, we have arrived at the dessert.

My final blog on Vietnam will be on a quirky and intriguing religion unique to their country: Cao Dai.

I debated writing about the Vietnam War.  Many of the wounds are still fresh and well-meaning people have very different opinions on the subject.  My blog has generally been designed to share thoughts on family, travel and culture; not serve as a political commentary.  With this in mind, it seemed wise to avoid the topic.

I, however, must share some thoughts.  Here, I hope to avoid anything political, but instead make observations with appeal to any reader.  If I offend, please know that this is not my intention.

I know I have already announced our flight to New Zealand, so you know that the blogs currently describe events that happened a day or two ago.  I have been endeavoring to catch up after the handful of days in the Vietnamese countryside where I was unable to post the blogs I wrote then.

I have three blogs from Vietnam that I would like to share before we focus on New Zealand.  The first (this one) will describe Saigon briefly, the second focuses on our visits to Vietnam War museums and the final shares an odd trip to an odd temple.