As our bus to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)was approaching the city, this was the view from the window. It could be any modern western city. Once we actually arrived, I quickly learned that this was only part of the story. Saigon is the most modern and westernized of the cities of Vietnam, but that…
Category: S. E. Asia
TRAVELING THE CANALS OF BANGKOK
With a population of over 8 million and occupying over 600 square miles, the capital city of Thailand, Bangkok is also one of the most visited cities in the world. Due to the traffic congestion and air pollution, it can also be an unpleasant place to travel over the city streets. When we visited there…
VIGNETTES OF VIETNAM
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this is a very long blog. This weeks offering is mostly photos with some brief commentary where necessary. All of the pictures were taken between early October and December 2018. After an exhausting twenty-two-hour travel time , our first meal in Vietnam had to be pho….
THE KINGDOM OF A MILLION ELEPHANTS
Lane Xang, or the Kingdom of a Million Elephants, is today known as The Democratic Republic of Laos. During the six weeks we spent there in early 2019, I discovered a country that was not as touristy as others we visited. At the same time, Laos had a particular European sophistication leftover from its days…