Last week, we took an overnight train to Sapa, the hill tribe tourist hub in […]
In the summer of 2006, I decided to take the train from Istanbul to Damascus, […]
I didn’t always live in Shanghai. Or Hanoi. Although this blog places my online identity firmly […]
It’s damp season here in Hanoi. The moldy months are in full swing and I’m feeling […]
I’m surprisingly comfortable with having no clue what’s going on around me. I’ve spent most of […]
The French had a word for those long grim grey drizzly damp Hanoi winters. Le crachin, […]
Have you seen this baby? A year ago today, he made a mad dash for the […]
Last week, I adamantly insisted that Vietnam- or, more specifically, Hanoi- was the place to be […]
I’m going to preface this by noting and underlining the fact that I am an unreliable […]
We have a house, people. A whole house to ourselves, partway down a narrow scooter-wide lane, […]
Yesterday I left my phone in the hotel room when I went out with Thwack […]
Welcome to Day 2 in my return to blogging, miniature stylee. Today we went and visited […]