Life
Living
Da Nang
Life
Vietnam
Life Goes On, And Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
It’s a strange thing to find yourself in a foreign land, a land you are not exactly a stranger to but foreign nonetheless. A land which, at the time of your entry, you only intended to be in for no more than a month at a time.… continue reading Read More
Da Nang
Food
Life
Vietnam
Clothing Concerns
Anyone who is a regular reader knows that I have an incredibly difficult time finding clothing. Seeing that the average male in Vietnam weighs 128 pounds, 99 for women, and stands just over 5 feet 4 inches tall, clothing for a person of my stature is incredibly hard to come by.… continue reading
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A Tailor’s Tale
Da Nang
Dragon Diaries
Featured
Life
Vietnam
Dragon Diaries #12 – Here Comes The Sun
Dragon Diaries #12 - Here comes the sun. In this, the 12th edition of a 20 part series about living in Vietnam during the pandemic and the worst Typhoon season in recorded history, we uncover the realities of life in constant rain and living with the pandemic as a foreigner in a foreign land. Read More
Da Nang
Life
Vietnam
Vietnam – Days in our Lives
I’ve had some delays in publishing my normal Constant posts lately. I get a paragraph or two in, and another storm comes along, or our business just consumes a large amount of my time. We have fallen into an incredibly familiar pattern.… continue reading Read More
Life
Vietnam
Why I Told My Wife I Would Vote For Trump
I thought living abroad I would escape the sensationalism that is the 2020 US election. Especially in this particularly vile election cycle. It is very interesting, no, it is heartbreaking to see how devolved to hate filled avatars friends and family have become over what many believe to be a historic election.… continue reading Read More
Da Nang
Dragon Diaries
Life
Struggle
Vietnam
Dragon Diaries #11 – The Tropical Blues
I can’t seem to get off of the tropical storm topic, but they can’t seem to stop coming. Within a few days of Nangka’s dissipation, Saudel would follow in her wake. More rain for the region, more floods, more disasters. I must say that the response has been impressive.… continue reading Read More
Da Nang
History
Life
Travel
Vietnam
Da Nang – A Virtual Tour
This will be a bit of a different style of post. I post quite a bit of short videos on Facebook and instagram, and the most common response I receive, is how much people enjoy seeing the streets of Vietnam. This eventually led me to thinking, and I thought to myself.… continue reading Read More
Da Nang
Dragon Diaries
Life
Struggle
Vietnam
Dragon Diaries #10 – The Endless Storm
If you have already read #9 then you know Da Nang and central Vietnam have had a rough bout of storms. What I didn’t know as I was publishing the last Dragon Diaries, was another named storm was preparing to make landfall less than 2 days later.… continue reading Read More
Da Nang
Dragon Diaries
Life
Travel
Vietnam