All Entries Tagged With: "Expat Adventures"
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 [...]
A Little Vacation from Vietnam
I heard the announcement, “Luggage service will commence a 4:30” over the loudspeaker as I looked around at the people starting to pile up around the luggage carousels. I was at the Hong Kong airport yesterday when the baggage handlers decided to go on strike, causing a myriad of issues at one the world’s largest [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I Will Survive
Let’s take inventory. I’ve been in Saigon for two months now. It’s honestly been good and bad. Maybe bad is the wrong word…it’s more like “challenging”. Considering I’m a challenge junkie, one would think that I could have rolled with all of this massive change in my life a bit better, but alas…I am human.
I [...]
Over the Top
It has been a month and a half since I’ve gotten a pedicure. This is normally not how I operate; but when traveling you don’t really get to treat yourself to the pleasantries of foot care. I had a free weekend so I decided to venture out and find a place to do some massive [...]
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