I wrote this post in two stages…. August 6 I just arrived in Muang Khua, a village on the Nam Ou river in northeast Laos. It’s the next-to-last stop on a four-day journey from Sapa, Vietnam, to Luang Prabang, a tourist town in the center of northern Laos. My four travel companions and I arrived [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Vietnam’
Buses and mud: getting stuck and finding kindness
Posted in Laos, Vietnam, tagged Black Hmong, broder crossing, buses, Dien Bien Phu, hill tribes, Hmong, Laos, Luang Nam Tha, Luang Prabang, Manychan, Muang Khua, Muang May, Red Dao, Sapa, Taufin, Vietnam on August 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
mountains and sea
Posted in SE Asia, Vietnam, tagged hill tribe, Hoi An, Kon Tum, Vietnam on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been stuck in Hoi An for four days. I arrived on Friday afternoon on a bus from Kon Tum, and the first bus/train I could get back out was today, Tuesday. Yes, it’s full-on summer holiday madness in Vietnam – especially on the weekends, when the locals go for weekend trips with their out-of-school [...]
Brrrrr
Posted in SE Asia, Uncategorized, Vietnam, tagged Dalat, Easy Rider, Sapa, Vietnam on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m actually cold – cold! – for the first time in about a year. And I love it. I’m in Dalat, the honeymoon and kitsch capital of Vietnam. I decided to skip the well-traveled coastal road and go north via the Central Highlands. Which explains the cool weather: we’re about 1500 meters above sea level. [...]
Nothing to see here. Move on.
Posted in SE Asia, Vietnam, tagged Chu Chi tunnels, drugs, Halong Bay, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta, Saigon, Sapa, Vietnam, Vietnam War, World Cup on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I booked a tour to the Chu Chi tunnels, part of the vast network of tunnels built and used by the Viet Cong during The War. I arranged the tour through Sang, the owner-operator of Hanh Cafe tour office, situated in an alley off Bui Vien St. I give the details (email hongsnag40@yahoo.com; phone [...]
Back to socialism
Posted in SE Asia, Vietnam, tagged digressions, Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Vietnam on July 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, how I missed those golden stars on red badges fastened to army-green uniforms! It’s been quite a few months since my adventures in socialist China, the single country of the dozens I’ve visited that I never ever intend to visit again, at least not on my own dime. So here I am, in another [...]
Enemy territory and the no-fly list
Posted in Indonesia, SE Asia, tagged Bali, Bangkok, diving, Indonesia, Komodo, Laos, Planning, scuba, Thailand, Ubud, Vietnam on July 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m in Ubud, Bali – deep in enemy territory. On the surface it’s pleasant enough – rice fields, jungle, good eats, friendly Balinese. But it’s also the scene of the final, most sickening section of my nemesis: Eat Pray Love. And evidently, according to the Lonely Planet, since the publication of “that damned book” hordes [...]
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