30 Lessons I Learned as a Vietnam Expat
I love to reflect upon my time in a place, so it’s fitting that after a year as a expat in Vietnam I sat down…
Motorbike Diaries – Vol. 17
Resistance is Futile – Assimilation I’m not sure how it happened, but I’ve become one of them. I wear a jacket (which I’m boiling…
The Motorbike Diaries – Vol. 15
Start from the Beginning – Motorbike Diaries Vol. 1 What’s in a Name? I’m going to state the obvious – I’m a girl. What I mean…
The Dust Bowl
I often wonder how many months the pollution and dust in Saigon will take off my life. For this reason, I can’t imagine living here…
Leaving on a Jet Plane…Tonight!
Just a quick update – I’m on the move once again; I’m taking a vacation….yeah! Ever since I made the decision a year ago to…
Adventure Eating
After 8 months here, I finally found some Vietnamese friends who took me on as their ‘foreign friend project.’ They are helping me to see…
Renewing a Passport Overseas
I decided to start the process of getting my passport renewed as many countries won’t let you enter if you don’t have more than 6…
Durian – The King of Fruits
There are many hard things about living by yourself overseas…I may write a book about it someday if I can ever force myself to slow…
The Price of Being a Foreigner in Asia
I was out with a friend today shopping for camera equipment for my upcoming trip to Mongolia. I went to a local little camera ‘stall’…
The Motorbike Diaries – Vol. 13
The power of the hand…I hopped on my motorbike tonight at 8:30 PM to find out that my headlight no longer worked. It would only…