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A Foreign Christmas
Vietnamese families drive to see the Christmas lights One of the most unusual sites I witnessed in my travels was experiencing Christmas in Asia. I had been living in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam for 3...
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Pho Lessons
Making pho at home... Before I left Vietnam I had a goal – I wanted to learn how to make Pho. I had eaten it a few times a week for a year while living in Ho Chi Minh City, and I never tired of it. The...
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The Incredible Edible Egg Embryo
Trying new things… As I looked at the egg and I could vaguely hear people providing me encouragement and instructions, but in my mind I kept thinking – how do I get myself into these things? However I...
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Panning for Photos In Vietnam
Vietnam’s 2-wheeled traffic is the perfect place to practice panning. I stood on the street corner early one morning in Saigon with my camera. As the next wave of motorbike traffic sped by I was ready...
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Why You Should Travel to Vietnam in Rainy Season
It arrives in Vietnam with a vengeance; the rainy season. No rain for months and then it just starts; daily downpours that relieve you from the heat and make you run for cover. Most people hear the...
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Fruity Vietnam
I’m a fruit person…I love it, I crave it, I must have it! One great thing about living in the sweltering Vietnam climate is that the fruit is great all year around! I would walk through the markets...
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What to expect in a Vietnamese Restaurant
Eating in Vietnam Going out to eat at a restaurant is easy, right? …not always. Often when you find yourself in other countries, even though there’s a waiter, a table, you are putting food in your...
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Motorbike Diaries – Vol. 17
Rush Hour Start from the Beginning – Motorbike Diaries Vol. 1 Resistance is Futile – Assimilation I’m not sure how it happened, but I’ve become one of them. I wear a jacket (which I’m boiling in), a...
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Coming Full Circle
Full Circle in Vietnam I spent the weekend going back to square one; back to where I started my life in Ho Chi Minh City. Let me back up a bit; I’ve been living out in a ‘suburb’ district for the last...
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30 Lessons I Learned as a Vietnam Expat
I love to reflect upon my time in a place, so it’s fitting that after a year as a expat in Vietnam I sat down and actually thought about what I’ve learned about Vietnam, Asia, and myself. It wasn’t an...
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