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Some colored chicks

Yep, you read that right. I took this picture in Binondo during the Chinese New Year. I couldn’t get a better picture, though. For the uninformed: this is quite a common sight in marketplaces and town plazas here in my country. Children buy them (or get their parents to), and these colorful little chicks presumably grow… Continue reading Some colored chicks

Travel Tales · Vietnam

Travel Tales: A Ho Chi Minh City Walking Tour (plus some travel tips)

This is Part Three of my Vietnam-Cambodia trip. See the other parts here: Part One: The breathtaking Angkor and the laid-back Siem Reap Part Two: Tonle Sap and the Angkor’s great circuit We left Siem Reap at 7 PM; we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 at 9:30 AM. Our flight back to… Continue reading Travel Tales: A Ho Chi Minh City Walking Tour (plus some travel tips)

Cambodia · Travel Tales

Travel Tales: Tonle Sap and the Angkor’s great circuit

This is Part Two of my Vietnam-Cambodia trip blog entries. You can find other entries here: Part One: The breathtaking Angkor and the laid-back Siem Reap Part Three: A Ho Chi Minh City Walking Tour Also, while I studiously fact-check all my entries, I’m the only one to blame should there be any wrong information in… Continue reading Travel Tales: Tonle Sap and the Angkor’s great circuit

Cambodia · Travel Tales

Travel Tales: The breathtaking Angkor and the laid-back Siem Reap

This trip was months in the making following a frantic scrounging for money when Cebu Pacific announced its summer seat sale. Andy, my friend and co-teacher, had planted the idea of going to Cambodia via Vietnam. I think this trip has effectively stirred my wanderlust again. Upon arriving at Ho Chi Minh City way past… Continue reading Travel Tales: The breathtaking Angkor and the laid-back Siem Reap

Poetry Wednesday

Poetry Wednesdays: Phan Nhiên Hạo, “Meeting a Cab Driver in New York”

I can still barely believe that just yesterday, I was in Vietnam, staring and getting goosebumps at the pictures exhibited in the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. The most powerful people might consider war a necessary tactic or even precaution, whereas the rest of us would just want a peaceful existence. I… Continue reading Poetry Wednesdays: Phan Nhiên Hạo, “Meeting a Cab Driver in New York”