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Being a Ginger in Vietnam

….or perhaps it should be titled “Being a really really pale white person in Vietnam” Vietnam was THE country that I’ve experienced the most attention in. And oddly enough, it wasn’t so much because of...

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A Favourite Photo: At the Citadel in Hue

I took this at the old Citadel in Hue, Vietnam. Hue was the imperial city of Vietnam. There are numerous legends about why this location was chosen for the citadel, and it is a very large complex. This...

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A Favourite Photo: Cave at Marble Mountains

Taken at the Marble Mountains near Danang, Vietnam. Several Buddhist temples and pagodas litter the limestone karsts that appear to have been lifted straight out of Halong Bay. Tweet This Post

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A Favourite Photo: Coffee Beans in Dalat

I’m afraid this is as close to Christmas as my life gets these days. It’s red and green at least… Either way, this was taken on a day tour of the highlands around Dalat, Vietnam. The tour included...

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A Favourite Photo: Silk Cocoons and the Finished Product

While I was in Dalat, I had the opportunity to visit an old fashioned silk factory. It was interesting to see how it’s done the old school way. I took the opportunity to photograph the end product of...

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A Favourite Photo: Boatman in the Mekong Delta

I took a 3 day tour of the Mekong Delta. It was very interesting to see such an alternative, yet still very Vietnamese lifestyle. Tweet This Post

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A Favourite Photo: Spring Rolls in Vietnam

I ate a lot of spring rolls in Asia (A LOT). I ate these in the Mekong Delta. It was the only time they’ve ever looked like this. And they were beyond fantastic. I don’t know the name of the...

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A Favourite Photo: Colourful House in the Mekong Delta

The last day of my tour in the Mekong Delta was spent touring around this ‘floating’ village near the Cambodia border. I love this picture for the colour. Tweet This Post

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A Favourite Photo: Floating Market Vendor

I fell in love with floating markets in Vietnam. This one is different from many others because it is ‘wholesale’ in nature. So it is mostly big barges and the tourists are mainly observers. Even with...

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Dorms are Cheap, but Roommates can be too – And other Accommodation Tips

My Tips for Choosing Accommodation in Southeast Asia & Australia Spending four and a half months in Asia hardly makes me an expert in accommodation. I stayed in private homes, ger camps, hostels,...

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