Itinerary and Travel Journal
The trip is underway! Entries below will be a trip report.
Time zone information: going east >>> west, it's the next day (west >>> east, the previous day). Hanoi is eleven hours ahead of Hanover.
- For example, if it's 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, in Hanover, it's 2:00 a.m., Wednesday, in Hanoi.
- See this handy converter: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html.
Flight itinerary and detailed schedule posted at http://www.william-garrity.com/get-a-file-vietnam/.
Hotel: Spring Hotel #2, telephone 011-84-48-254-834.
Principal site: National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam. March 5-16, 2007.
General notes
- Pedestrian versus vehicle is the #1 cause of foreigner death. Here's an article from the Malaysia Sun--36 people are killed a day on Vietnam's roads.
Picasa (Google) Album--Fixed
I just realized I never posted my album of photos! Here it is.
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Final Post
Joe and I arrived back at Logan last night (Sunday night), more-or-less as scheduled.
I'll separately publish a link to a Picasa (Goggle) Web Album of photos. I'll also offer one or two lunch-time talks/picture shows about the trip.
Thanks to
* the wonderful staff of the Spring Hotel in Hanoi, and
* the great team at the Biomedical Libraries for their support of the visit.
Stay tuned!
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Traffic
Here a some movies of Hanoi traffic. These are .avi files and should open in Windows with either Media Player or QuickTime Player.
Keep in mind these were shot on a Saturday afternoon--multiply them by ten for the rush-hour reality.
Thursday, March 15: Final Dinner
Thursday night, we--Dartmouth--threw a dinner to thank everyone--particularly our Vietnamese partners--for the successes of the two-week trip.
I made good progress with the library and information resources and services component of the project--I'll report separately, including on this site, about that.
The plastic and reconstructive, and craniofacial surgical teams did a total of more than twenty cases during their part of the trip (the second week).
Final dinner
Final dinner
Final dinner
Final dinner
Final dinner
Final dinner
Pagoda
Turns out there is a centuries-old pagoda buried in the center of the block, behind the hotel where we stayed. Dr. Lily brought Joe and I to see it one evening.
Hanoi pagoda
Hanoi pagoda
Hanoi pagoda
Hanoi pagoda
Hanoi pagoda