Month: May 2011

Our hotel is like a colonial French villa. Pale green common areas, cream to pale yellow rooms, large ceiling fans, dark hardwood floors in the

“You can just speak Thai. It’s all the same language – about 90 percent is the same. People here understand Thai,” the nice Lao man

“Sabaidee!” “Sabaidee bo?” “Sabaidee. Sabaidee bo?” “Sabaidee eu!” This is the conversation I have with most of the people we saw as we walked around

“You should have defended my honor!” Emily said. “What should I have done?!” “You should have gone over there and beat the shit out of

In 1975, Americans left on helicopters taking off from an embassy roof in Saigon. We're leaving on an A340 from the newly renovated Hanoi Airport.

Hanoi’s Old Quarter is filled with boutique hotels. Inside, they are very nice and the rooms are usually very well appointed. Most of them are

“Long time ago, in Vietnam history, the parents – they choose who their son and daughter marry. The woman, she always go with the husband’s

“Why did you tip her anyway?” Emily asked. “Because she kept asking and I just wanted to get out of there – now – without

Everyday, every hour, every minute, new lives come into the world. Saturday night, a new life came into my world. My best friend Mazyar and

“I feel so old! When did I get so old.!” Emily said cowering on the third story deck of the boat. She kept looking down