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The rapids on the Nam Khan River were a little more challenging than I thought

Kayaking Adventure

Kayaking down the Nam Khan River near Luang Prabang in Laos...

Vietnam / Myanmar / Cambodia MaryLou Driedger

Healthy Black Smiles

On my early visits to Vietnam, I was quickly impressed by the spontaneous warm smiles of the Viet...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

A young man with tattoos sits in the corner of a street in downtown Ho Chi Minh.

Vietnam's MTV generation change image of tattoos

Tattoos, once reviled in Vietnam as the preserve of prisoners, gangsters and common foot soldiers...

Vietnam AFP

Dien Bien Phu

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu: A Vietnamese Perspective

On my last trip to Southeast Asia I found myself, somewhat unexpectedly, in the Laotian city of L...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

The Butcher Lady

There are few refrigerators in Cam Duc so the Market is a daily excursion for the housewife.

Vietnam Malcolm Arthur

Bobby Chinn, outside his restaurant in Hanoi.

The Pharaoh of Fine Dining in the Far East

He's hot. He's hip. He's Bobby Chinn, Hanoi's most sought-after chef. And the restaurant that bea...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

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American Boarding Schools - a book review

A directory of American Boarding Schools, compiled with international students in mind...

Vietnam / Singapore / Thailand Ernie Yap

Go to the movies with Celeste...

Celeste Goes to the Movies

Film Reviews by Celeste Heiter

Vietnam / Thailand / Japan Celeste Heiter

The Lover: A Film and Book Review

Very early in my life it was too late. At eighteen it was already too late. I aged. This aging wa...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

I would not want to waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum Frances Willard - 1893

Vientiane on bended knees

A colorful journey on 20" wheels, across the land of a thousand smiles into the land where time m...

Vietnam / Cambodia / Indonesia Lee Alvin

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Being a model in Vietnam: a girl's dream, a father's nightmare

Ten years ago, there was no fashion industry in Vietnam. Now, teenagers dream of becoming models...

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Rice Field in Sapa, Vietnam

Top Five Destinations for Your Active Holiday in Vietnam

Phu Quoc Islands; Mui Ne; Mha Trang; Danang and Lan Ha Bay/Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam Pham Ha

Shanghai Old Street, Shanghai, China.

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Vietnam / Malaysia / Singapore ThingsAsian

Pulau Bidong: Vietnamese Boat People in Malaysia

* * * * * "We have heard stories of similarly desperate boat people escaping out of the communist...

Vietnam / Malaysia Ee Lin Wan

Mid-Autumn Children's Festival

Mid-Autumn Children's Festival or Tet Trung Thu is a wonderful time to visit Vietnam. The festivi...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

Cam Ly Waterfall - Dalat Vietnam

Scenic Beauty Of Dalat Waterfalls

The waterfalls of Lam Dong and Dalat, Vietnam...

Vietnam Allison Dinh

Phu Yao Bridge, one of the many elics of the Vietnam War, is a tourist attraction for travellers keen on discovering the legacy of Vietnam's war history.

Re-visiting war grounds carries on brotherhood legacy

A former soldier of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) speaks of his war experience and r...

Vietnam David Calleja

Phong Nha- Ke Bang national park

Along the trip from Saigon to Hanoi

Just come back to Hanoi after a long trip from South to North during 12 days riding on motorbike:...

Vietnam hiep nguyen dinh

With my Mnong guide on board Elvis the Elephant, the kind of Yok Don National Park.

Meeting Elvis in Vietnam

Who would have thought that Elvis would be alive and spotted living in a nature reserve in Vietnam?

Vietnam David Calleja

The Gentleman in the Parlour - a travelogue of Maugham's 1923 trip through Burma, Siam, & Indochina

The Orient-ation of Somerset Maugham

Review of W. Somerset Maugham's The Gentleman in the Parlour, White Orchid Press, 1995.

Vietnam / Myanmar / Cambodia Kenneth Champeon

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