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Goodbye Vietnam

You can’t come to Vietnam and not recall Robin Williams famous words “Goooodddd Moorrrnnninggggg Vietnammmmm!!!” I had spent one month in Vietnam – the longest in any one country yet (besides my SE Asia home base of Singapore). I had high expectations for Vietnam, and I’m happy to say that they were met. I expected [...]

The City with Two Names - Saigon

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I always wanted to change my [...]

Interview - Nha Trang Vietnam

Interview – Nha Trang

Side Note: I was in Nha Trang for a few days and didn’t take many pictures- however I felt that this one was something I couldn’t pass up. This picture was actually digitally reproduced on the bathtub tiling in our room! I asked other travelers in the hotel if they had a [...]

A Stitch in Time - Hoi An

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I have been a clothes hound my whole life. I still remember my favorite outfits from when I was a little girl (the blue holly hobby top). My mom used to sew me outfits, yet she never passed [...]

Hue - Where my luck finally ran out

Photo: Boat along the Perfume River
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Out of the train and into the sauna of Hue. We traveled by train through the night into what is considered as South Vietnam. Hue is a small town of about 300,000 people (I’m not [...]

How to Cross The Street in Vietnam

Photo: The ever-present motorbike - a staple in Vietnam culture
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These pictures speak for themselves…it’s all about the motorbike in Vietnam! Mix that in with some bicycles, a few pedestrians and a very few cars - and you’ve got [...]

Hanoi - The City that Sleeps

Photo: Bridge over Hoan Kiem Lake - early morning
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Hanoi is a large metropolis of 3.1 million people. Yet there are no sky scrapers. However, there are about 100 motor bikes for every one car! In cities of this size we [...]

One Man’s Pet is Another Man’s Dinner - Bac Ha Market

Photo: Tibe woman at Bac Ha Market
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I’ve seen my share of markets during my travels - I feel like I”m pretty seasoned when it comes to seeing every imaginable type of veggie or fruit, smelling every fowl [...]

8 Questions - Northern Vietnam

Man in rice field

Photo: Man planting in rice field
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When I decided to go to Vietnam I realized that besides seeing a few Hollywood movies about the war, I knew very little about the country and the American [...]

Book Review - The Girl in The Picture

The Girl in the Picture - The story of Kim Phuc - by Denise Chong

This is the story about a picture which I’m sure you’ve all seen - a little girl, Kim Phuc, running down a road, naked and burned by napalm - her picture was snapped and it changed her life. Nick Ut was [...]