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I had neglected to tell my readers, as it was too perfect of a day, that I in fact destroyed my index toe of my left foot wandering the amazing beach at Ky Co. It didn't...
I finally fell asleep sometime after 4 this morning and awoke to the sun coming through the glass backsplash in the kitchen. It was just after 7 and though I had only...
It is 1:53am in Da Nang on November the 14th. It is 1:53 pm on November 13th in Atlanta. I actually tried this time to prepare for jet lag and try and adjust before I...
I once spent many months in captivity reading every object that contained letters. Discarded bottles, faded papers, the rusted signs of commands that dotted the...
We spent the last few days together tying up loose ends and getting things organized. Qatar Airways gives two checked bags at 50 pounds each and the family had gathered...
We had another snag at the government complex and our paperwork was to be pushed off another day. This time however, we dealt with an older woman who seemed more...
It had become apparent that my time in Vietnam was going to be, at least for the moment, indefinite. The local people's council was not making my ability to secure our...
Everything in Vietnam is stamped in red, an endless conveyor belt of bureaucracy bathed in blood. The blood of the red stamp. Paperwork, handwritten ledgers, massive...
After an incredible evening we retired to the apartment where the floor had erupted into quite a flat party. The festivities carried on into the wee hours of the night....
What an incredible process. Primarily fun and new and exciting, somewhat bureaucratic and painful. Traditionally in Vietnam, the wedding photos come well before the...
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