Category Vietnam
to cross the street in Vietnam, just follow the dog
I was standing at a big intersection in Saigon with a friend, waiting for a break in traffic to appear. This was within two days of arriving, so I was still terrified to cross the street. A tiny, elderly Vietnamese lady materialized between us, and I figured that she knew what she was doing, and […]
swimming the murky tourist waters of Halong Bay
I do believe that Halong Bay is not only the premier tourist destination in Vietnam, it’s also the prime cause of headaches for tourists. I wasn’t going to write anything about it, because so much already exists out there in internet-land, but after going through the Halong Bay revolving door, thought I’d commit a few […]
Hanoi sidewalk chickens
I took the bunk bed sleeper bus from Hanoi to Hue. I’m really going to miss the sidewalk chickens. I’ll be walking along, and then there’s a chicken or three pecking around the sidewalk. Often bedraggled and of a cute miniature stature, they are almost all unique, and rather grand under the street grime. I’m […]
Phu Quoc
I met a smiling lady with a bag of live scorpions on Phu Quoc island. I don’t know if they were for eating, making medicine, or steeping in alcohol. She also had a bottle of cobra alcohol that she offered to sell me for 150,000 VND (approximately $7.50), which seemed like a cool bargain, but […]
fried frog, snake sausage, bánh cóng, and floating markets in the Mekong Delta
I’m a little loathe to contribute to the excess of internet food photos, but I took a food tour in Can Tho that included a few interesting, and tasty, specimens. The snake sausage picture is too dark to bother posting, but it basically looked like a coarse sausage. Our guide recommended snake in sausage form, […]
Cheese Skipping 
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