Fish Sauce, Motorbikes and the Golden Tortoise

This blog is a catalogue of my adventures as Hanoi becomes home and I traipse around SE Asia. It's sort of a diary, though you'll be spared my most intimate thoughts and most of the whining, and there are lots of photos.
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US American expat living Hanoi

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Interest: Vietnam, writing, art, teaching, food, travel, Southeast Asia
About me: I'm an EFL teacher living in Hanoi, Vietnam. I moved here in July 2011 and started the blog because I needed a place to post photos to share with friends/family in the US. Originally, I'm from eight different states in America, most recently Minnesota, but Hanoi is beginning to feel like home.

The Humanity of the Place
I left Vietnam three weeks ago. Or was it even three weeks ago? Time stretches and compresses like a rubber band when we travel. I’ll go back. I saw a lot of the country but there is more to see. During a break in class one day last fall, a sixth-grade girl named Th?o came up [...]...
Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:31:50
A Local Adventure: Long Bien Bridge and the Middle Warp
One of the last places I went was The Middle Warp, the island under Long Bien Bridge, which connects Hanoi to the other bank of the Red River. I had never gotten around to exploring it–despite the fact that there are nude beaches on Sundays–because it was so close that it was easy...
Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:27:10
Photo Essay: West Lake, Hanoi
I lived in Minneapolis for six years. Minnesota enjoys the state slogan “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” Lake of the Isles, Lake Calhoun and Cedar Lake were all within walking or cycling distance from my apartment. Lakes speak to me. In Minneapolis, runners, walkers, cyclists occupied the paths f...
Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:34:06
BBC: Censorship and suicide
I mentioned that there had been a firewall against bloggers and political bloggers who write against the government had been arrested. I read nothing about this in Vietnam but Human Rights Watch urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to pressure the government to allow internet freedom. The BBC pu...
Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:41:04
Vietnam, gay marriage advocate?
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Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:49:52