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Why You Should Travel to Vietnam in Rainy Season

It arrives in Vietnam with a vengeance: the rainy season. There is no rain for months, and then it just starts: daily downpours that relieve…

Before I left Vietnam I had a goal – I wanted to learn how to make Pho. I had eaten it a few times a…

Going out to eat at a restaurant is easy, right? …not always. Often when you find yourself in other countries, even though there’s a waiter,…

The most common thing you’ll say as you walk around a Vietnamese market is “What is that?” I lived in Vietnam for a year, and…

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…

I’m not sure how it happened, but somewhere along the way, I became one of them. I wear a jacket (boiling inside), a mask, and…

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…

I recently made a trip to a local market to purchase and eat durian for the first time. While I was there, I was able…

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…

No matter how hard I try, I just can’t do it. I lose the mental battle every time. I tell myself to be calm, patient,…