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Quick Pause

by Annah Kim | Jun 12, 2010 | Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

So – we have a “layover” between buses in Hue for four hours. The sleeper bus was nicer than expected but still takes an excrutiatingly long time. We will have at least another 26 hours minimum until we reach Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) hoping that the bus...

Goodbye Hanoi

by Calvin Sun | Jun 12, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

Goodbye Hanoi. Goodbye beating heart of Southeast Asia. Goodbye flash thunderstorms, and flash floods. Goodbye city of Ngoc Son Lake, Bach Ma Temple, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and Water Puppetry. Goodbye countless hotels, hostels and free wifi. Goodbye steaming pots of...

Last Videos of Hanoi

by Annah Kim | Jun 11, 2010 | Fit for Foodies, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

Due to our delay in Hanoi – I took the opportunity to document our sampling of a real Vietnamese Bahn Mi. Due to our exceptionally long bus trip – I haven’t had the opportunity to upload anything until just now. Enjoy our Bahn Mi’s vicariously...

Videos! Finally!

by Annah Kim | Jun 11, 2010 | Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

Hopefully you’ve read my previous posts without video – so I’m going to limit this post to mostly just videos and not much text commentaries. Streets of Hanoi: Women Are Better at Navigation: Crossing the Streets of Vietnam:...

Pause. in. Hanoi.

by Annah Kim | Jun 11, 2010 | Fail, Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

So – change in plans. The bus to Hoi An has broken down and so we are delayed a day in our trip. So I am now sitting in an internet cafe – slowly but surely (hopefully) uploading my videos and sitting next to a jolly Vietnamese boy who is singing...

Quick Update Before Hoi An

by Annah Kim | Jun 11, 2010 | Doctor in the House, Fail, Fit for Foodies, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

So we still haven’t found a computer to upload our photos and videos from… so sorry! I promise to upload all of the (really good) videos when we find somewhere to do so! But just a quick update… Ha Long Bay: We swam and kayaked among the karst...

En Route to Saigon

by Annah Kim | Jun 11, 2010 | Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

We will be on a bus for the next 40 hours to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) and will not be able to post or give updates. Wish us luck and that nothing gets stolen!!

Miss you, dad

by Calvin Sun | Jun 10, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

Exactly 4 years ago this day, my father died from a heart attack. He was 67. I never got to say goodbye. Just a body on a table who no longer could hear what I was saying. Apart from being extremely upset that this didn’t hit me until a few minutes ago and that...

FML..?

by Calvin Sun | Jun 10, 2010 | Fail, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

I may or may not have lost my cell phone in the internet cafe in Ha Noi. Fingers crossed it’s just that I left it somewhere in our room…but if not: FML. p.s. my chest is fine, but my entire back is sunburnt pink. No pictures this time, folks, but rather...