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Interacting With The Locals in Vietnam is Downright Unpleasant

Nightclubs From the beginning, I had a tough time with most interactions we had with locals in Vietnam. Granted, most of the people we met were some form of shopkeeper and as soon as money was introduced to the equation the nice relationship became mean, rude and angry. However, due …
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Posted on August 16, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in Cities, Culture, Goodnight...And Goodbye, VietNam, Highlights, Scams, Vietnam | Tagged General Observations, Haggling, Hanoi, Ho Chi Min, India & Southeast Asia, Indigenous People, Observations, Sa Pa, Saigon, Sapa, Shopping, Vietnam | Leave a comment

Beautiful Buildings in Hue and Reliving 'Nam on a DMZ Tour

During the bus ride to Hue we met Amelia, a fellow American, who we spent much of the next few days with. We arrived in town early, but most of the afternoon was spent trying to book our open ticket out to Hanoi the next day. Everywhere we went we …
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Posted on August 16, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in Culture, Goodnight...And Goodbye, VietNam, Temples and Ruins, Vietnam | Tagged DMZ, Hue, India & Southeast Asia, Ruins, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War | Leave a comment

The Hills are Alive with Rice Fields and Local Tribeswomen in Sapa

Our group was small and we had a private tour guide, but we left at the same time as a dozen other tours. Surrounding each group were a handful of Hmong tribeswomen, different from the ones who found us at the bus the day before.
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Posted on August 16, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in Culture, Goodnight...And Goodbye, VietNam, Highlights, Hiking and Trekking, Vietnam | Tagged hiking, Indigenous People, Local Family, Sa Pa, Sapa, trekking, Tribeswomen, Vietnam | Leave a comment

Communist Propaganda Everywhere

As a communist country, the streets and highways are filled with communist propaganda signs. Other than that, I really didn’t see any signs of communism around. So, without further adieu, here are some of the sign highlights we saw. Click on the first image to enlarge and then use the …
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Posted on August 14, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in Culture, Good Morning VietNam!, Highlights, Vietnam | Tagged Communism, Communist Propaganda, Ho Chi Min, India & Southeast Asia, Propaganda, Saigon, Vietnam | Leave a comment

Angkor Wat and the Rest of the Temples of Angkor

I have been fascinated by the Angkor temples since they were used as a backdrop for the Mortal Kombat movie as well as for Angela Jolie’s Tomb Raider. When I found out that the temples were in Cambodia while researching this trip, they quickly became my most anticipated part of …
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Posted on August 3, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in Angkor Wat, Shin Deep Mud and the Flooded Forest of Kompong Pluk, Cambodia, Culture, Highlights, Religion, Temples and Ruins | Tagged Angkor, Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Buddha, buddhism, Cambodia, Khmer, Ruins, Siem Reap, Temple, Temples | Leave a comment

Food and Culture in Malaysia

Malaysia seems to be more of a mix of other cultures than a country with its own. The locals are a collection of Indians, Malaysians, Indonesians and Chinese. This leads to many different religions and a very segmented population: especially in Kuala Lumpur. True, we didn’t spend too much time …
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Posted on June 11, 2009 by Greg Goodman