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Loving Everywhere, in Vietnam
Vietnam is a place that people don’t associate with “a good time”. Americans in particular think of war and communism. The Vietnamese will even proudly tell you they’re #2 in the world for both rice and corruption. But maybe Vietnam was our favoirte country for the same reason we love lobster – you have to work to crack the shell and get to the good stuff. More
Ramble On
25 Mar 2011 3 Comments
in Vietnam Tags: DMZ, Ha Long Bay, hue, Led Zeppelin, Mekong Delta, Nha Trang, Saigon, sleeper bus, Tet
Dress You Up
18 Mar 2011 9 Comments
in Vietnam Tags: Custom clothes, Hoi An, Madonna, My Son, Tet, Vietnamese tailor
Shopping Heaven in Hoi An, Vietnam
We weren’t even going to stop in Hoi An originally. Then we decided we would spend a quick two days, and then as we ran into the New Year (when everything closes down) it became four nights…but we could have stayed 4 more. More
How Bizarre
15 Mar 2011 1 Comment
in Vietnam Tags: Hanoi, Tet, traffic, Vietnam War
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Traffic, Tet, and Propaganda in Hanoi, Vietnam
Flying from Luang Prabang in Laos to Hanoi in Vietnam is like being in the middle of the most serene dream of your life and falling out of the bed suddenly and waking up in… well, in Hanoi.
Tim and I were hungry for some culture-shock. Too many of the places we traveled had been a little too catering to western travelers. We wanted to drop our jaws at the strangeness of a country, and it seemed that we never had time to shut them when we were out and about in Hanoi. More
On The Banana Pancake Trail 