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Da NangJuly 3, 2019

Tom, Jerry and the Mallrats.

Diễm and I went out for a little breakfast at a nearby restaurant and it was a beautiful scene. We sat in the cooler morning breeze as the rain had returned and the...

Da NangJuly 3, 2019

A Sleepless Night With Cúp Điễn

I had just finished feeding the family when the power went out. Emergency lighting came on in the apartments stairwells and hallway and every one on the floor seemed to...

FoodJuly 3, 2019

The Night Markets and Returning To Hội An

As I've discussed previously the heat is blistering here. In Southeast Asia one of the many beautiful things that is either directly or indirectly caused by an attempt...

Da NangJuly 2, 2019

The Goldilocks Effect.

It's tough enough that the indochina peninsula has been a sweltering jungle symbol for heat and frustration for decades, but couple that with historic heights of the...

Da NangJune 30, 2019

The Cold Shower I So Desire

First of all I know where your heads at on this one and your way off base. There are some rather interesting features of my new apartment here in Da Nang that makes it a...

Da NangJune 30, 2019

Da Nang: Return to the City of Bridges

It has been a few days since I arrived back in Da Nang and I must say it is a much different place than I left some four months ago. I was fortunate back in January and...

MexicoJune 7, 2019

Sometimes, Just Sometimes you go against your instincts and.....

We had a very easy flight to Mexico and immigration and boarder control in the tourist region of the Yucatan and the ease of which it operates is academic. Our return...

FoodJune 3, 2019

Playa Centro and Taqueria Erika

After a couple of intense days of exploration and adventure it was time to slow things down. We were, after all, in paradise and it seemed a waste to rush it all away....

FoodJune 2, 2019

A Sunrise, Some Art, and an evening in the neighborhood.

After falling asleep very early the night before, I awoke around 5:45 to a quite morning. The sun rises at closer to 7 and I wanted to catch at least one. The sun rises...

ChapultepecMay 31, 2019

Oh, how I go back to the place I was first lost.

Mexico has such a potent presence in my psyche. She was the first place I saw a structure thousands of years old, the first place I lost myself in a world completely...

FoodMay 31, 2019

The day she’s been waiting for.

I awoke on this our second morning and I knew this was the day. Our entire trip began with one simple request many months ago. I asked Maggie sometime last year what she...

FoodMay 30, 2019

Sharks, Turtles and Iguanas oh my!

I awoke just before dawn and stepped outside to see our small Colonia street begin to wake up. Off the terrace, I could see a woman sweeping the sidewalk in front of her...