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For the love of God, I've never missed Barnes and Noble so much in my life. And to think I used to denigrate them for being on every other block in Manhattan! Here are the English-language books that I've seen in Vietnam so far: - The
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Skype is pissing me off. Not really Skype, but the entire usability structure of the Internet. Technology is never really simple to use -- it's suppose to make things simpler, right?
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Great news – we've only moved in 2 days and already we have our first brunch guest! We ran into Lloyd on the streets of Hanoi today.
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There is a little girl practicing her violin nearby. The notes waft out into the alleyway from above. I think it's Mozart's Concerto in G major.
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One thing about traveling is that people open up on the road. More so, I think Eastern cultures besides the US/Europe are more opened spiritual discussions – spirituality is more ingrained in a person's daily life.
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That's it. I've officially crossed over from hairy-funk smelly - 'I'm finding my way in the world' - nose in a Lonely Planet - backpacker status and into the wooly unknown world of expatriates.
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Our landlords.. our host family is really laying on the hospitality towards us.
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Phu Quoc was a blast. But my best experience of the island didn't come on the island, it came during the ghoulish van ride from Rach Gia to Saigon.
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Just came back from Phu Quoc, an island between the southern-most coast of Vietnam and the tip of Cambodia. Waters that reflected the piercing irises of the sky.
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A family of four walks past us towards the bright lights that casts a purple glow over the Saigon Opera House.
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It's interesting – what you get used to on the road. After traveling for a month, I am finally getting used to: * Sidewalk eateries. I occupy the same airspace as flies taking off and landing, where rats come out from the sewers at night to play, where meat is
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Driving in Vietnam is a sequence of near misses, guts, luck, and the random spin in the loom of chance that weaves two paths bone-crushingly close together.