Posted in Australia, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Greece, India, Israel, Laos, Nepal, Peru, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, Travel, Turkey, United States, Vietnam on Nov 30th, 2008
Hello! Well, the blog isn’t dead, yet. After returning to Denver last summer, Jen and I returned to our previous jobs. We bought a home (something about staying in a different place every other night), now own a dining room table and patio furniture, but honestly, the most luxurious item is still our very own [...]
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Posted in Vietnam on Dec 14th, 2007
I contemplate crossing the six-lane road for a full five minutes.
Moto-bikes in front of me, moto-bikes behind me, moto-bikes to the left and to the right of me; moto-bikes coming at me at every geometric angle conceivable.
Crossing a street in Vietnam is like trying to teach my English language learners in the computer lab. [...]
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Posted in Vietnam on Dec 7th, 2007
Mark and his Marriott points have ruined me. We are no longer “backpackers,” but have upgraded to the “flashpacker” category. Thus our Halong Bay experience.
We decide to pay a little extra for a reputable company to take us on this famous, must-do cruise. By a stroke of sheer luck, we receive more [...]
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Posted in Vietnam on Dec 5th, 2007
Mark stops at the local barber for his two-month haircut; I am relegated to wait on the pint-sized stool just outside the door, an intruder in this world of male grooming. The young man working readily agrees to a haircut, eager for Mark’s business. He starts his razor up like a John Deere [...]
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Posted in Vietnam on Dec 3rd, 2007
Cruising down the enormous, muddy Mekong River, we crossed the border from Cambodia to Vietnam. Although politically the Mekong Delta is Vietnam, the area was once and still is ethnically Cambodia–a point many Cambodians like to clarify.
Mekong River
In Chau Doc, we paid a 16-year-old kid to row us around the floating [...]
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