The Motorbike Diaries: Exploring Vietnam Rain Poncho Fashion
I’m going to state the obvious – I’m a girl. What I mean by that is I can exhibit typical girl traits at times, especially…
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The Motorbike Diaries: Getting Legal and Small Victories on Two Wheels
My Vietnamese motorbike license has finally arrived, which means one thing: bribery actually works. See, you learn something new every day in Vietnam. Of course,…
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The Motorbike Diaries: Parking, Traffic Circles, and My First Gas Stop
It was the weekend, and that meant only one thing: time to hop on my motorbike and dive back into the sea of two wheels…
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Video of the Week – March 15, 2009
I found this great video of how to cross the street in Vietnam. It doesn’t actually give you any specific pointers, but you will get…
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The Motorbike Diaries: My Not-So-Legal Vietnamese Driver’s License
The motorbike in my living room has been… well, mostly a piece of furniture lately. It’s been parked for five solid days. Not a sputter,…
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The Motorbike Diaries: My First Wobbly Ride in Ho Chi Minh City
Sunday. No rain. No excuses. Just me, the motorbike, and the relentless Saigon sun glaring down like a spotlight on my pride. I’d been staring…
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The Motorbike Diaries: Renting A Motorbike in Vietnam
There’s a motorbike in my living room. Don’t worry—I didn’t drive through a wall in some Evel Knievel stunt gone wrong. It’s just sitting there,…
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The ‘D’ Word
I started my morning screaming at people today. Granted, I’m not a morning person; that’s no secret, but I don’t normally scream at people. Sure,…
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Get Your Motor Runnin’ – Easy Riders
I’ve been in Vietnam now for 4 months, and I keep hearing about a city in the south that is supposedly not like Vietnam; the…
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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…
