Tag: Vietnam
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Temples Outside of Hoi An and HCMC
Sofia and I were only able to take one road trip. It was a fun day trip outside of Hoi An, visiting the clay brick Cham temples out there. A lot of societies grappled for Vietnam- particularly the south eastern portion of the country. The Chams were a Vedic culture, which brought Buddhism with them.…
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Hoi An Times
Here are some pictures we took in Hoi An. Great times, good little scooter jaunt.
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Eastern “Medicine” Museum and 2/3 Street Temple
Sofia and I went to a Eastern “Medicine” Museum in HCMC where they had a bunch of herbal medicine woo-woo hooey with about as much research and careful effort as you’d expect put into presentation and factual accuracy. The Bảo Tàng Y Học Cổ truyền Việt Nam (Museum and Study of traditional Vietnamese Medicine, maybe?)…
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Thi and Bobby McGee (Minus Bobby McGee)
We went to Phu Quoc and visited Ms. Thi and Kevin. It was fun. We snorkeled, got some minor sun burns and Sofia had a breakout because of the sunscreen she used. It was traumatic for all of us.
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Picture Pages
Come and get your pictures and your pencils. Here’s a cool photo or two I took some time in the past. Guess the theme: And another: I’ll be posting some cool old photos weekly, hopefully! That’s a blog.
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My Friend, James
This is the first picture of James I ever took: It was taken on October 21st, 2010. Which is, at the time of this writing, roughly 12 years ago. The picture was taken at a volunteer outing he organized and led at Ung Bướu Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. James took his life…
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You can never Goa home again and Vietnam the first time
The first time I went to India, the friend of the family I was supposed to stay with died just before I arrived. I didn’t want to intrude on their grieving, so I took my shit to the train station nearest Mumbai International Airport and bought a ticket to a place that people went to…