While in the Philippines, my cousins and uncles have been trying endlessly to gross out Hugh with “exotic” Filipino food. I think this is a pretty common practice around the world, where rather than be embarassed about some local delicacies, most people consider Americans (and its usually Americans who are so grossed out by foreign [...]
Never in my four years traveling and living aboad have I ached so badly to be in America. I watched the election from the television and yearn so badly to be there in Chicago screaming and cheering. Yet when it was announced that Barack Obama was announced as president, I found that instead of screaming [...]
We’ve been in Nha Trang, Vietnam’s premier beach area (supposedly), for a few days now. Unfortunately, it’s been raining most of the time. However, on the one sunny day we did get out to the beach I found myself pretty disappointed. To be fair, I consider myself pretty spoiled, beach wise. I’ve been lucky to [...]
We took the train from Saigon to Nha Trang today. Most tourists take buses, but the train is marginally faster…and had the interesting benefit of traveling mostly with locals. What I noticed pretty quickly is how familiar Vietnamese people are with one another. It’s nice, but also sometimes a bit surprising. I watched strangers offer [...]
It’s Hugh and my last day in America for the next 5-6 months (or longer really, who knows.) We’ve had a really good time in Chicago and New York, basically blowing pretty much the entire budget for Vietnam and Laos in just 2 weeks in America, but it was worth it. We got our hair [...]
Testing the travel blog Hugh and I will be using for our Asian Tour of Asia…and maybe for future travels as well. Who knows… We intend to try and update a photo every day from the start of our trip on September 4th. Those of you on LiveJournal will be able to read along without [...]
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