All Entries in the "Expat Adventures" Category
New Year…New Resolutions
2009 – How did that creep up on me? Considering my 2008 challenges (it’s not going down in history as my favorite year – that’s for sure) I thought I better try to get my life and mind pointed in the right direction in 2009 and make some resolutions. I normally don’t do this as [...]
Travel Ink
Check out my latest article written for The Indie Travel Podcast. It’s all about the tattoos you get while traveling. Did I get inked??? Read it and find out - Travel Ink!
While you are on the Indie Travel Podcast site - browse around and check out the new design. Craig and Linda did a fabulous [...]
ChristmAsia!
I’ve had a few questions about what it’s like to spend Christmas in Asia, so I thought I would give you my perspective as well as a photographic tour through HCMC Christmas Festivities.
For for photo journey of HCMC lights - click here!
I must admit that Ho Chi Minh City has surprised me with their Christmas [...]
Yesterday…In my Normal Life
I had a funny little day yesterday. The scary part is that I’m starting to believe this is normal for my life in Vietnam. My definition of normal has slowly changed over the last three months. I often wonder what my friends in the US would think…is this normal? I will let you be the [...]
Picture of the Week - 12/15/08
Ok - I know this isn’t necessarily good photography - but I had to bring you this - a little slice of Vietnamese culture. This is the original Container Store. I noticed these stacks of containers on my way to work one day all closed, but packed in on top of each other. The next day [...]
You will never believe it…
Note to self…
Always, always, always take a camera with you when you walk out the door. It is a certainly that you will wish you had it at some point in the journey outside my apartment!!
Why do I have to learn this lesson over and over again? Today was the final straw…I had this “I [...]
Superhero or Mere Mortal?
I was recently flipping through the channels of Vietnamese cable hoping to find something mildly interesting that I could understand. I’m not sure why I keep going back in vain to the remote in hope that I somehow missed a diamond in the ruff; BBC or CNN or a travel channel.
As my demeanor was deflating [...]
Picture of the Week - Dec. 1, 2008
A pictures straight from the streets.
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Remember - the holiday season is here, wouldn’t photography be a great gift?
Construction 24/7
During my first few months in HCMC I stayed in a guest house on and off for a few weeks at a time. The guesthouse was close to work, and next to tons of cheap eating places in the heart of the ‘backpacker’ district. However, with the good comes the bad…right? For $18 a night [...]
A Holiday for ME!
It’s nice to know that other places around the world invent holidays for the flower industry. I have just experienced my first Teacher’s Day in Vietnam! November 20th is a major holiday here in Vietnam; Teacher’s Day. Granted – you don’t get the day off of work, but it is well celebrated. In fact, it’s [...]
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