For the past three months, I lived a big, free, happy, unusual life. Now, I am back in New Zealand. It’s a beautiful Autumn day in Wellington. The sun in shining. There is a light, crisp breeze running through the cleanest air I have ever known. A perfect day. And I must go to theRead more
So much to say. So little time to tell it in. So I won’t. Only this. Four days left. I am melting in Saigon. Hot, sweaty and oozing of love. Looking forward to the coming winter in that island country in the South Pacific and to bundle up with the same, delicious sorts of things.Read more
Tonight, I feasted on clams with lemongrass and barbequed oysters topped with green onion and peanuts. I bit through the shells of crab covered in hot chili oil, so spicy it burned my lips, watered my eyes, made me cry and laugh at the same time, and sucked out nutty flakes of red and whiteRead more
I am pretty sure I was a kung fu fighter in a past life. This revelation occurred to me in Hue, Vietnam during a city bus tour from hell. It wasn’t my first time in Hue. I was here three years ago when I first toured the country and I hated it. Really, really hatedRead more