Well, we’ve been in Vietnam since the 22nd of October. To be honest, it hasn’t been easy on us. It’s been a mix of reasons, and while I won’t solely blame our troubles on this, the fact we are an interracial couple (with me being Asian) has proven to be difficult here. However, that’s not [...]
We’ve had to unfortunately cut our trip to Vietnam short by about two weeks. We’ll be traveling to Laos tomorrow, so before I quite possibly have no internet connection for a month I thought I’d upload some photos. If you wanna see more, check out http://www.flickr.com/himene/
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 [...]
It’s raining up a storm in Hue, and I’m afraid that Hanoi is under a meter of water. What a mess… I guess being holed up in a hotel room gives me an excuse to watch election coverage nonstop.
We have spent the past few days in Hoi An, a very quaint small city in central Vietnam. It’s definitely been the most fun we’ve had in Vietnam. For one, Hoi An is renown in Vietnam for its tailors. Apparently there are over 500 tailor shops to choose from. We tried one shop, and were [...]
As always, pictures say it better so I’ll keep this brief and flood the entry with photos. This morning we woke up at 4:30am to take in the sunrise (and lack of tourists) at My Son, an ancient holy site of the Champa Kingdom. While it’s nothing compared to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, it was [...]
I feel bipolar. Yesterday before we took the night bus to Hoi An, I found myself ready to burst into tears and say, “Let’s just go to Laos, I’m sick of Vietnam.” Yet this morning, I found myself enchanted by what was quite simply the most beautiful scene I’ve ever seen in my life. Last [...]
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 [...]
I almost lost it today. The traffic here is terrifying. Very few streets have lights, let alone a pedestrian signal. Most people just step out into traffic and trust that the thousands of motorbikes will zoom past them safely. Between the stress of all the horns blaring at me and staring down buses I felt [...]
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