Voyage to Anywhere

When we arrived at our Homestay on An Binh Island we heard cheering and yelling coming from the next door neighbor’s house. Our host smiled and explained that they were watching “the football match” (football meaning soccer, of course). Later when we were relaxing in hammocks we noticed some of the younger members of our host family circled around a laptop watching something intently and occasionally jumping up and shouting. When they noticed us staring they explained that Vietnam was…

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One of the things I found most interesting about Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) was the scooter/motorbike culture. HCMC spans 2096 square kilometers, has 8,000,000 people, and what feels like twice that number of motorbikes. That’s a big city. That’s a lot of people and a lot of motorbikes. I had been warned, both by friends and by travel guides, how hard it was to cross the street. I was ready for this though. I’ve been to Bangkok and Beijing,…

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After our day exploring the floating markets we decided to continue our stay in the Mekong Delta region at a homestay on An Binh Island. Our hotel in Can Tho arranged a shuttle to take us to the ferry station in Vinh Long where we boarded the ferry to An Binh. We wandered off the ferry looking confused and were quickly accosted by moto-taxi drivers offering to take us to our homestay. We were a little hesitant about jumping on…

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