By Stephanie on December 14, 2011
This guest post, written by Stephanie Long, gives an inside look into the art of ceramic making in Vietnam’s Bat Trang village.
Posted in Blog, Features, Guest Authors, Vietnam | Tagged Asian art, Bat Trang, ceramics, Culture, pottery, Vietnam |
By Carrie on May 25, 2009
“Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” – George Carlin
Posted in Features, Photography | Tagged Japan, Laos, Mexico, Photography, Taiwan, Thailand, Travel Photography, Vietnam |
By Carrie on October 10, 2008
The wedding is quickly approaching. With so much to do and so little time left, I’ve been hard-pressed to find time to blog. I’ve been trying to work ahead to get some posts ready for the seven weeks that we are on the road. Whenever people find out that I have a blog, the first question [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Animals, Books, China, Culture, ESL, Games, Harajuku, Ho Chi Minh City, Osaka, People, Shoes, Students, Temples, Vietnam, Women |
By Carrie on September 23, 2008
This photo was taken just before sunset in Halong Bay, Vietnam. We had just dropped anchor for the evening to spend our first night on a traditional junk boat. Obviously, I’ve had a bit of photo-processing fun with this image. I’ve inverted some of the colors to make it look more like a painting. What [...]
Posted in Photography | Tagged Halong Bay, Mountains, Photo Moment, Photography, Vietnam |
By Carrie on August 31, 2008
A magical travel moment: A pure beam of white light appeared before our eyes in the dim darkness of Hang Sung Sot, a vast mountain cave that winds its way through a few immense chambers before exiting out onto a narrow walkway that lends an unprecedented view of Halong Bay. Hang Song Sot (Surprising Cave) [...]
Posted in Travel, Vietnam | Tagged Caves, Halong Bay, Islands, Mountains, Photography, Travel, Vietnam |
By Carrie on June 29, 2008
A reverse effect with life imitating art. Or is it? This photo looks like an old oil painting to me. I love the contrast between the tiny little Vietnamese fisherman’s boat floating in a wake of capitalism.
Posted in Photography | Tagged Art, Photo Moment, Travel Photography, Vietnam |
By Carrie on June 2, 2008
One of our first day trips away from Hi Chi Minh City played an extraordinary part in Vietnamese history just over 35 years ago. We went to see a small, but vital part of Vietnam’s famous Cu Chi Tunnel system, Ben Duoc Tunnel. Located 70km North-West of Ho Chi Minh City, this unique architectural structure [...]
Posted in Travel, Vietnam | Tagged Ho Chi Minh City, Photo Essay, Travel, Travel Journal, Vietnam |
By Carrie on May 1, 2008
Kinda speaks for itself, doesn’t it?
Posted in Photography | Tagged Hanoi, Photo Moment, Photography, Vietnam |
By Carrie on March 30, 2008
NOTE: Travelers planning on traveling via the Chau Doc border crossing in Cambodia/Vietnam should visit Tales of Asia for a comprehensive list of travel reports. April mornings in Cambodia get hot really fast. We were standing on a dusty road in Cambodia waiting for our hired car to arrive and take us from Sihanoukville to [...]
Posted in Cambodia, Travel | Tagged Sihanoukville, Travel Scams, Vietnam |
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