REUNIFICATION

  I did some solo meandering around lately visiting museums and historical sites. Its quite interesting and I’m the first to admit I don’t have any solid knowledge about what went on in Vietnam, but n…

MEKONG DELTA

After my first week in the city, it was time to get out of it. I signed up for a tour to the Mekong Delta, which was almost 2 hours south of Ho Chi Minh and extends to Vietnam’s neighbor Cambodia. The…

PEOPLE AND PATIENCE

  Its been said to me more than once, “It’s easy to live comfortably in Vietnam”. What that entails is you have the luxuries of having every day necessities available when you need it and it come…

WALK MORE, SEE MORE

One thing I definitely don’t take advantage of is walking. In LA culture, we hop in and out of our car without a second thought no matter how close our destination was…you’re driving…

ON MY WAY TO VIETNAM

The last time I was in Vietnam was 10 years ago. I was living in Japan at the time and a childhood friend of mine from back home was heading over there to visit some relatives. I met up with her in Ho…

SOUTH EAST ASIA TRIP

Making the best out of some recent changes and the most logical solution to get this slump on the upside was to travel. Vietnam or South East Asia in general seemed like a great destination. My funds …

HELLO FRIENDS

10 years ago I blogged on my Xanga almost every single day. I wanted to remember, document and hopefully one day tell my kids the incredible experience I had abroad. I refused to discuss what I wrote …