After we got our mad clothes shopping spree out of our system from Hoi An we took a short flight down to Ho Chi Min City (Saigon). HCMC is very active with mopeds zooming everywhere. Our first day in the city we spent uploading photos and working on the website. We litterally sat a this […]
We arrived in Hue for a short one day stop and made the most out of our brief visit. We spent our morning visiting the crumbling Citadel and Forbidden City where the Vietnamese emporers lived for 2 centuries. We learned that the defoliant that America sprayed (agent orange) during the war contributed greatly to the decomposition […]
Riding for miles upon miles staring at the reflection of the mountains in the flooded rice fields. A single pane of glass between me and te distant silouettes-my own reflection always staring back, reminding me of the changes I need to make. do not exist in a vacuume separate from the lessons the world has […]
One night as I was about to upload photos to the website, I plugged in the external hard drive (memory device) and blew the charger! Sure enough, I smelled something burning! The charger is similar to an iPod or cell phone charger. I dreaded finding a new one in Hanoi, but knew it was a […]
Limestone peaks come from nowhere
Crisp blue water alluring my senses
Sounds of villagers shouting
Reading books
Laying in the sun
Cool water splashing while we kayak
Dogs living on little floating homes
Mountains filled with thick impenatrable jungle
War-torn country not that long ago
People still seem angry
Stunning sunsets
Inspiring landscape
Children playing and living on floating homes
Fish farms
Jagged rough landscapes mirroring its people
Meeting new […]
After a week of blissful quiet and calm in sleepy Laos, I realized we were in for a change of pace once we got to Vietnam. After a short van ride to the “backpacker district” (every major city seems to have an area where all of the Western backbackers congregate and there are cheap […]
