Learning to Love Hanoi
Well, it’s taken a few days, but I would say that Hanoi is growing on me. I’m not sure it’s a city I’m going to run back to visit, but […]
Monthly Archives: October 2016
The Streets of Hanoi
Entire books have been written on the streets of Hanoi, and with good reason — they’re crazy. We sat in a cafe yesterday overlooking an intersection (one with no stop […]
The Many Houses of Vietnam
We got away from Hanoi’s busy city center this morning, taking a taxi to the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. This museum gives visitors a look at the 54 ethnic groups that […]
Overwhelmed
We’ve made it through day one in Hanoi, and I think it’s safe to say we’re both a little exhausted. It’s not like we did a whole lot with our day […]
Welcome to Hanoi
Hard to believe that we’re in Vietnam … I hear that word and all I think about is of teaching US History, of a war that was very much real […]
Labrador
While Prescott taught his first improv workshop in Singapore this afternoon, I went to Labrador Nature Reserve. If I were going to rename the park, I would call it “Labrador […]
Best Airport in the World
Here’s why Changi Airport is the best airport in the world. It’s not the cleanliness or the efficiency or the ease of navigation, though those all exist. It’s not the […]
Temple Time
I spent Sunday afternoon in Bangkok visiting Wat Pho, a temple complex whose official name is Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm Rajwaramahaviharn (I couldn’t resist putting that in — Thai names are […]
Chatuchak Market
I had a busy day in Bangkok on Sunday, so busy that I’m going to blog about it in pieces. It started with a quick visit to the ATM on […]
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