The Lowdown on Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. April 22nd, 2005
A month ago, two girls teaching English at my university moved in with my host family. I had already suffered one disappointment when their arrival was pushed from January 22nd to February 26th, so I wanted a grand entrance and introduction on the morning of their arrival...
July 16th, 2004
I was warned before I came. “Most importantly, do not drink the water unless it has been boiled, and be wary of ice,” my guidebook said. But thinking that I was the exception to the rule, I went out to a café with some new friends and ordered a “café sua da” (iced coffee)...
July 16th, 2004
Fifteen minutes from the center of Ho Chi Minh City and right over the Kinh Bridge is a park distant from the honks of motos, commotion of outdoor markets and screams of vendors...
July 16th, 2004
De Tham Street is “where all the non-Vietnamese who live in Vietnam go,” my friend said. In other words, it’s Ho Chi Minh City’s most westernized area and not coincidentally, a hotspot for foreigners in need of familiar food...
June 16th, 2004
After living in New York for three years, I thought that I had lived through every taxi cab adventure. New York cabs have a way of wielding in and out of traffic through the tightest of places, all while breaking and honking at the same time...
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