Saigon’s Ben Thanh ‘Wet’ Market
The Bén Thành Market is part of District 1 where we were staying so of course we had to go and see it. Although most of the merchandise wasn’t to […]
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The Notorious S-21 Prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh was a high school until Pol Pot evacuated the city and converted the school into a prison. Out of the 14,000 prisoners held […]
Mirador Mansion in Hong Kong
‘Badlands in the Heart of the City’ a headline blared in the newspaper we were handed as we boarded the plane to Hong Kong. The article was about all the crime […]
Homestay on a Farm on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
From the luncheon spot we took another boat to our evening destination, a homestay on a farm on the Mekong Delta. It was dark by the time we arrived and […]
New Year’s Party in Saigon, Vietnam
In Saigon the entire week between Christmas and New Year’s Day on the western calendar was celebrated with a combination of elements from both Tet (the Vietnamese lunar New Year) […]
Luncheon on the Mekong River in Vietnam
After a busy morning on the Mekong River we were headed for a late lunch. The boats we rode in got smaller and smaller as the channels we went through got […]
Living and Working on the Mekong River in Vietnam
Cruising down the Mekong River in Vietnam allowed us a glimpse of a whole other world. More on our December 2013 trip to Vietnam.
