Hot Pot

Just a fun disclaimer, this is a fairly photo-heavy post. Last night after our first day of classes, we went out into Saigon to celebrate one of our Vietnamese roommate's birthdays. My Canon Rebel XT digital SLR tagged along to capture the evening life throughout the city. The buzzing around of motorbikes, honkin…

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My First Day of School

Today was my first day of classes at Trường Đại học Khoa học Xã hội và Nhân văn, Vietnam's national University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Ho Chi Minh City. Yes, I have yet to learn how to pronounce that correctly. I'll get there I'm sure. This Monday morning's wakeup call came unexpectedly a…

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Welcome to Saigon

After a morning layover in Hong Kong, I boarded an 8:50am  Cathay Pacific airlines flight, this time a Boeing 767 that would fly south the next 2-3 hours to Vietnam's largest metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City, or what most Vietnamese still call Saigon. As I was sitting on the plane, I became increasingly more nervous …

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The Redeye to Hong Kong

My flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong was a lot longer than I had expected, but per usual, I made the best out of it. I still cannot get over how big a Boeing 747 really is. Whenever I was bored on the 14 something hour flight across the Pacific, I would get up and walk around the airplane. Just fascinating. I…

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