I revel in the queue these days. Lines speak to me. New driver’s license, new medicare card, wait for a flight to arrive, wait to exchange my krone back to dollars. I get to go through it all over again, as slowly as possible. I…
and 24 hours and 2 buses, one minivan, and 1 long shared jeep ride back up into the mountains, and we’ve arrived in Darjeeling. The new motto, as it was forcefully impressed upon us by our guesthouse owner, Lama, is ‘beat the heat’. Stay in…
We've been in Kathmandu for one day, and I've already: Hit a motorbike. The sky was dark, the masses of shops to my left, bright and appealing. With my feet walking, but my head turned sideways, I strolled smack into a parked bike. The two…
“That price seems fair, and I don't want to insult him by negotiating” “OK, I guess if my hotel burned down you can take me to another one” “Let's stay in and cook tonight, all the restaurants are unaffordable” “Really? Your brother has a gem…
1. Find a reason to do nothing. Vietnam is a fascinating country, and with so many places to go, touts to outsmart and dishes to attempt to order from fully Vietnamese menus, justifying sitting around won't be easy. For a simple way out, try getting…
I've been having vivid dreams in Vietnam. Which makes sense, since they're colored by the strange reality that is Vietnam. I dreamt of rats, porcupines and deer chasing me through Hanoi – an angry stampede through the streets, where the hunted indeed became the hunter….
