After a premature departure from central Vietnam my friends and I spent the remainder of our time in Saigon. Because we had stopped over in Saigon so...
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It was with great anticipation that I boarded the bus to Da Nang. I had read about the city in a couple of memoirs by Vietnam veterans, as well as...
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Following our tour of the Mekong Delta, it was decided that my friends and I, along with three of my friend’s cousins, would travel north,...
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Continuing on our lightening tour of southern Vietnam, we left my friend’s cousins’ house for Saigon, eager to depart the following day on...
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Our three hour bus ride out of Saigon put us into the Dinh Quan District around midnight. Not having had been informed of any of the specifics of our...
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Our approach into Saigon airport at 10:45 pm was perhaps more entertaining than it should have been. Thunderstorms to the west lit the sky at ten...
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Fresh back from my three week trip to Vietnam, jet lagged and cold for the first time in weeks, I sit to write about my first visit to Asia....
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I have always had a special affinity for shopping districts, and it goes beyond the consumer impulse and the cheap thrill of a purchase. For me it is...
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After having met several dozens of Europeans – first at a Spanish language school in Costa Rica and later in Europe – I continue to be...
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