Travels

Vinny and I are heading to Ha Giang for the weekend. We're planning to graze the China border on motorbikes where limestone outcrops, mountains the the great big skies reign.

Spent my birthday having wine under the stars on the deck of a boat, wondering what kind of career I'll have, will I relate to my friends who are now VPs with salaries in the six figures, and sloshing around Captain Morgan's with Coke.

There was a weird moment yesterday when I experienced traveler's vertigo.  Friends were visiting from Indonesia and Chile.

yuppienomad has formulated a new proof for me.  Thinking back on it, it encapsulates what many of my female friends have told me from time to time

I'm gonna take advantage of the weather and head out of the city next week, north to Lao Cai and Sapa and the mountains, regions that other travelers have noted the most beautiful in Vietnam.

Of course, as an Asian guy, I'm tempted to say 'grow some balls' and dare to be different to all these Asian guys who complain about their station in society. But I feel a little sorry for them too, because after centuries of Western stereotypes, we are in a pretty bad position.