So there’s a bit of news I’ve been too embarassed to share until now, but I might as well get it out… I’ve been named […] Read More
Month: January 2005
I spent yesterday cycling around (the island of) Pulau Ubin with Tracy, Crystal and Jimmy. It’s an easy day trip from the center of Singapore, […] Read More
The Lucky Hotel in Hanoi sits on a quiet street a few hundred meters from Hoan Kiem Lake (the only lake in Hanoi that matters). […] Read More
En route from Vientiane to Hanoi, I met a frenchman named Fabrice. He and I crossed paths again in Hanoi and exchanged stories over dinner. […] Read More
I survived most of my trip through Bangkok, Laos and Vietnam on street food, and although many other travellers – as well as friends back […] Read More
The other day in our food court at Singapore Airlines, I bought lunch at a stall called Fish Head Noodles. That’s not such a notable […] Read More
I’ve been back in Singapore for a week now. Since I returned, I’ve worked five 16-hour days, and my culture shock has recovered enough to […] Read More
I have more to write about my trip, but I’m completely buried by work for the next few days. In the meantime, I’ve whipped up […] Read More
Well, I’ve returned “home” to Singapore, and it’s going to take a bit of time for me to readjust – especially to Singapore prices. I […] Read More
As I’ve travelled the Vietnam countryside, I’ve seen many many times the folkloric image of the bamboo-hat-adorned farmer stooping among the chartreuse blades of a […] Read More
I went for a massage yesterday, and at the end, my masseuse took the liberty of waxing my back hair. That may be too much […] Read More
The other day I met a couple of post-middle-aged social workers from California. The wife was half Vietnamese but looked somehow Peruvian. The husband was […] Read More
In Laos, the boys play a game that looks like a cross between footbag and volleyball. They kick a small wicker ball back and forth […] Read More
I’ve had a lot of delicious food on this trip, but one of the highlights has been a local Hanoi creation called cha ca, which […] Read More
a family of five a live pig three dead pigs two dead pigs and a passenger six computer monitors bags and bags and bags of […] Read More
A popular joke in Hanoi says that when you buy a car or motorbike, the first thing you check is the horn. After five days, […] Read More
I heard once that whatever you’re doing when the clock strikes midnight on new year’s eve will define what your coming year will be like. […] Read More