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Vietnam Posted onApril 18, 2005September 9, 2021

no record

I lost my camera somehow. As I left my hotel in Hoi An, I peeked into my carry-on bag to make sure I had my […] Read More

Vietnam Posted onApril 15, 2005September 9, 2021

fishing and driving

On my last full day in Hoi An, I went fishing on the river with Dao’s father. Dao was there with her sister and cousin, […] Read More

Vietnam Posted onApril 14, 2005September 9, 2021

coffee & tea

By sheer coincidence, I bumped into Anh last night. He’s the old man who drove me around Hoi An and the surrounding villages during my […] Read More

Vietnam Posted onApril 13, 2005September 9, 2021

sugarcane

I woke up feeling pretty poorly today. I’m still shaking something off from last week, and mornings are the worst. Last night I had a […] Read More

Vietnam Posted onApril 13, 2005September 9, 2021

i joking you

On my way back from the beach on Muoi’s motorbike yesterday, she stopped about a kilometer from my hotel and asked, “you walk from here?” […] Read More

Vietnam Posted onApril 12, 2005September 9, 2021

lazy days in hoi an

Yesterday, before I went to the beach – and after – I was somewhat apprehensive about spending four lazy days in Hoi An. My friend […] Read More

Vietnam Posted onApril 12, 2005September 9, 2021

beach commerce

I spent most of yesterday at Cua Dai beach – reading, dozing, fending off vendors. The vendors have a captive audience at the beach, so […] Read More

Vietnam Posted onApril 11, 2005September 9, 2021

nguyen ha van

I spent most of my one full day in Hanoi with Van. My original plan was to look at some paintings, with the hope of […] Read More

Vietnam Posted onApril 9, 2005September 9, 2021

angel’s eye view

This morning my Malay friend Elena, whom I met in Hanoi, called me while I was waiting for my ramen to cool at the Lucky […] Read More

Vietnam Posted onJanuary 22, 2005September 9, 2021

a few reviews

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

photos, Vietnam Posted onJanuary 21, 2005September 9, 2021

photos of vietnam (and elsewhere)

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

eating, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam Posted onJanuary 21, 2005September 9, 2021

street food

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

Vietnam Posted onJanuary 15, 2005September 9, 2021

some things i saw in vietnam but did not photograph

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

Vietnam Posted onJanuary 7, 2005September 9, 2021

through my tourist’s eyes

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

Vietnam Posted onJanuary 7, 2005September 9, 2021

body hair

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

Vietnam Posted onJanuary 5, 2005September 9, 2021

squatting

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

Vietnam Posted onJanuary 4, 2005September 9, 2021

the apparently universal language of footbag

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

Vietnam Posted onJanuary 4, 2005September 9, 2021

cha ca

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

Vietnam Posted onJanuary 3, 2005September 9, 2021

some notable things i’ve seen carried on motorbikes…

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

Vietnam Posted onJanuary 3, 2005September 9, 2021

traffic in hanoi

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

Vietnam Posted onJanuary 2, 2005September 9, 2021

happy new year

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

Vietnam Posted onDecember 30, 2004September 9, 2021

new plan

I met a Malaysian woman at breakfast this morning, and she and I will head north tomorrow to the mountain villages around Sapa. She’s in […] Read More

Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam Posted onDecember 23, 2004September 9, 2021

see y’all next year

Well, I’m off to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam until 9 January. I had been planning to buy a motorcycle in Hanoi for my trip down […] Read More

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