Mind the Gap
Every school day the five of us bicycle the not-quite-a-mile to school, starting in the parking structure under six residential skyscrapers and passing a variety of sites. While there are houses on … Continue reading
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới, Sài Gòn!
After our Hoi An holiday, we returned to Saigon to bid farewell to Sarah’s folks and spend the last few days of our Tet break lazing around town. It’s not easy to … Continue reading
Hoi An by night
You know what looks cool? Nightime in a place that has a lanterns everywhere. Locals of all ages sold paper box lanterns with candles to float on the … Continue reading
Hoi An Artsiness
As promised, I couldn’t whittle down my Hoi An pics to just one post. And I couldn’t figure out which of these three blue ones to cut… … Continue reading
Hoi An Holiday
[Rejected punny titles included Hoi An of Green Gables, Hoi An Hathaway, Hoi An Arbor, Hoi An Boleyn, Hoi An Rand, and Hoi An Landers, but none proved apropos enough to … Continue reading
Angkors Away!
[And…the puns keep getting worse. We thought about “Siem Reaping the benefits of having Sarah’s parents visiting” and “I got a hangkoring for some temples” but decided not to subject … Continue reading
A Mellow Yet Productive Weekend
Generally on Mondays I ask my students if they had a mellow yet productive weekend. And generally they blink slowly, their mouths agape. I then ask if at least one … Continue reading
Angkor What?
This time I just stole the bad pun. After failing in late 2013 to make it to the top tourist draw of Southeast Asia because of a certain pesky pest, … Continue reading
“Let’s Meet in Bangkok”
We last left our intrepid travelers on a train hurtling (or meandering, actually) toward Bangkok, The Venice of the East. Check out the view from the train! Warren’s parents decided to … Continue reading
Yippee Khao Yai Yay
As a break from our big-city adventures, we spent two and a half days in Khao Yai National Park, north of Bangkok. We want to get on the bandwagon with … Continue reading
Here today, Saigon tomorrow 