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Backwards in Hanoi – Hanoi, Vietnam
Backwards in Hanoi
Hanoi, Vietnam
A woman in leggings and a baggy t-shirt is attempting to jog backwards, waddling like a disorientated duck, arms pumping and sweat pouring while we watch on smugly, lazily sitting on tiny plastic chairs drinking cold Sprites and Fantas. We are in Lenin Park in
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Nineteen Hours from Home (and about twenty hours more of just hanging around) – Saigon, Vietnam
Nineteen Hours from Home (and about twenty hours more of just hanging around)
Saigon, Vietnam
One o’clock in the morning is not a good time to be stumbling off an airplane preparing to drive yourself home. It was the end of the longest Fourth of July of my life. I had endured a thirty-six
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Breaking Up on the Road is Hard To Do – Hue, Vietnam
Breaking Up on the Road is Hard To Do
Hue, Vietnam
“How did you sleep last night?” asked the guest house owner, a bit more solicitous than when I had arrived the day before.
“Very well, thank you.”
“Oh, the boy, he changed rooms yesterday, so I wondered.”
Bre
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Tin Tin in Vietnam – Vietnam
Tin Tin in Vietnam
Vietnam
The taxi drivers badgered me the instant I came out of the Hue train station.
There were too many drivers for too few customers. I was surrounded. I was also pretty tired and in no mood for their antics. My ‘death stare’ was useless.
One driver was calm an
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Water Skiing in Vietnam – Circa 1970 – Vung Tau, South Vietnam
Water Skiing in Vietnam – Circa 1970
Vung Tau, South Vietnam
What possessed me to get into a speedboat with four mates and head out into the murky waters of Vung Tau Harbour is something I still question, thirty-five years later. Who would want to water ski in water that looked like and s
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Vietnam Revisited: Face to Face With the Enemy – Again: Part 1 – Vietnam
Vietnam Revisited: Face to Face With the Enemy – Again: Part 1
Vietnam
“We need you to conduct a Training Needs Analysis in Saigon, Richard, are you available?” For the compulsive traveler it is so difficult not to immediately yell out YES when dream projects come along like t
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Vietnam Revisited: Face to Face With the Enemy – Again: Part 2
Vietnam Revisited: Face to Face With the Enemy – Again: Part 2
Vietnam
David from BP, picked me up at the residence and drove to the Golden Phoenix restaurant at the Equatorial Hotel were we met up with Ian, an American biologist working with the Vietnamese government in Hanoi and the a h
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A Cultural Feast – Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam
A Cultural Feast
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam
I found a monkey under my table at breakfast this morning. I wasn’t sure if this was normal or not so I tried to ignore it, but kept thinking of that movie “Outbreak.” I was digging for my camera when the owner of the cafe hu
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Horn Happy – Vietnam
Horn Happy
Vietnam
‘Meep… Meeep……. Meeerreeeerrepppppp”… Went the crackling horn as our bus passed another vehicle.
‘Meep… Meeep……. Meeerreeeerrepppppp”… Again as we passed an entire family on a motorcycle.
‘MeepR
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Laos Visa Scam in Hanoi – Hanoi, Vietnam
Laos Visa Scam in Hanoi
Hanoi, Vietnam
I want to warn travellers in Vietnam who are planning on going to Laos to be wary of hotels and guesthouses that offer to get your 1 month Laos visa for you. I had my hotel in Hanoi do it for me, and they totally scammed me. The name of the hotel is Camill
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Riding the Ho Chi Minh Trail – Central Highlands, Vietnam
Riding the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Central Highlands, Vietnam
Orphans in Kontum At our journey’s end, we again found ourselves in the jungle and I was reminded of Dung, on that first day, yelling back to me, “You see real Vietnam.” I came to understand in the days in-between that li
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My Vietnam – Vietnam
My Vietnam
Central Vietnam
A child brought me to Vietnam. My lifestyle does not afford me the time for my own children. Nor does my wanderlust allow for it. Over the years I have sought out other people’s children to love. Whether by spoiling my own niece, Mara, babysitting for friends or
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Hanoi Heaven – Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi Heaven
Hanoi, Vietnam
Temple of LiteratureEven the taxi drivers were very entertaining. There was the one taxi driver who, upon seeing that we were looking around for a bar to have some drinks and probably wanting to put us in a party mode, popped Dragostea Din Tea by O-zone into his CD p
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Please Pass the Gonads – Vietnam
Please Pass The Gonads
Vietnam
It was an instant connection. Tong offered his pointer finger and moved his head in a manner that lured me to tug it. I did, he farted, and we laughed.
With flip-flops in tatters and a quick smile, my new nineteen year-old friend strolled the streets of Hoi An wit
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Along The Way In Vietnam – Vietnam, Asia
Sunset in Vietnam
Traveling in a small tour group provides more opportunities to touch lives than traveling in large groups. A trip to Vietnam with two plus and a guide showed us that. We went from Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap, Cambodia to see Angkor Wat, then Hanoi to Sapa, on to Hue
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The Road to Da Nang – Vietnam, Asia
I am paralyzed with fear. Sitting in the backseat of a taxi with my wife and ten-year-old son, there is not a seat belt to be found. My son’s fingers have turned white as he grabs my pant leg. His eyes are closed, most likely from fright not fatigue. I sit clutching a door handle foolishly thin
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Mekong King: Rowing Down the Up Escalator – Mekong Delta, Asia
What follows are journal entries from the first six days of my trip down the Mekong Delta – a journey that was ill-conceived, poorly planned and (true to that formula), worked out perfectly.
My Mekong Journal
Day OneMy plan was to buy a boat, food and clean water, row down the Mekong Del
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(Un)prepared for Saigon – Vietnam, Asia
Saigon's Historic Post Office Building
Research Is GoodIt always pays to find out as much as you can when you’re visiting a place for the first time. But sometimes, even with the best of preparations, some things can catch you by surprise, not always such a bad thing because they make for
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Bia Hoi in Vietnam – Hoi An, Hanoi, Asia
Fresh Beer in Hoi AnI was in a charming little town in Vietnam called Hoi An – a unique place, mostly for the custom made clothing! I didn't have any clothes made while I was there, but I did spend three days with my "old" friends, James and Ami, and our new traveling compan
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Goodbye Vietnam – Asia
Hello Vietnam
Goooodddd Moorrrnnninggggg VietnammmmmYou can’t come to Vietnam and not recall Robin Williams famous words “Goooodddd Moorrrnnninggggg Vietnammmmm!”
ExpectationsI had spent one month in Vietnam – the longest in any one country yet (besides my SE Asia home base of Singapor
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