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Willa World: Tam Coc, Vietnam
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Monday, August 6, 2007. Tam Coc, Vietnam. Your logs are so beautifully written. I feel as if I am there. Thanks for the trip. Now I want noodles for lunch! Have fun, be safe. August 8, 2007 at 8:58 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). August 8 - Hanoi and Sa Pa, Vietnam. Tam Coc, Vietnam. July 15 - Hue and Ninh Binh, Vietnam. View my complete profile.
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Willa World: March 2007
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Thursday, March 15, 2007. The lane demarcations on the road seem to be just suggestions and people honk to let you know where they are, rather than to ask you to move. About 75% of the traffic is people on mopeds and motorcycles. There seem to be several near-misses, but I have yet to see an accident and everyone’s body language is laid-back, and perhaps that’s the trick. Papaya (or peach, mango or plums) mashed to your preference. Bring to a boil and simmer until jam is formed. And Halo, Baby! We walk t...
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Willa World: October 1 - Laos
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Friday, October 5, 2007. October 1 - Laos. 8220;Love is. Two souls inhabiting the same body.”. This is one of the more interesting messages we’ve seen stenciled on T-shirts. I love what is sometimes gained in translation. Like multiple-personality disorders. On the far side of the river, men and women cast fishing nets from boats and from the shore, laughing and shouting to one another as they fish and exclaiming over catches. Beyond them, bright green rice fields stretch out and beyond those, karsts...
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Willa World: November 19 - Sikkim, India
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Sunday, November 18, 2007. November 19 - Sikkim, India. One reason we saved India for our last stop in Asia was to give ourselves the option of taking a boat from Southern India to Africa and winding our way south. We fantasized about finishing our trip in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. It faintly reminds me of Africa - the scents and sounds, British accents and large Indian population. It’s exactly as I hoped it would be. We walk along mountain ridges and through tall forests. Follow barely th...
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Willa World: April 2007
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007. April 23 - Bangkok, Thailand. We stay in a guest house several narrow, winding side streets off of the main road in Banglamphu, an older, residential section of Bangkok that runs along the river. Almost every other house prepares and sells food: noodle soups, sate sticks of grilled meats with sticky rice, pad thai, omelets over rice, geometrically carved fresh fruit. They sell to their neighbors and trade dishes with each other. Early in the mornings we wander through the giant...
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Willa World: May 2007
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Siem Reap, Cambodia. Sunday, May 20, 2007. May 11 - Krabi, Thailand. A small, ocean-front town with friendly people, Krabi is idyllic. Time is slow here but passes before you know it. I wonder how Johnny, Willa and I would be described. In Krabi, we sample restaurants and street carts. Walk around the city market and eat mangoes and sticky rice, sketchy fish cakes, and curries so hot our noses and eyes run. Boom Donuts has warm, sweet donuts filled with creamed corn, Dair...In Mu...
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Willa World: November 2007
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Sunday, November 18, 2007. November 19 - Sikkim, India. One reason we saved India for our last stop in Asia was to give ourselves the option of taking a boat from Southern India to Africa and winding our way south. We fantasized about finishing our trip in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. It faintly reminds me of Africa - the scents and sounds, British accents and large Indian population. It’s exactly as I hoped it would be. We walk along mountain ridges and through tall forests. Follow barely th...
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Willa World: June 2007
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Sunday, June 10, 2007. June 11 - Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, and Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Willa has a fever for the second time in two weeks and I’m missing the convenience of having a trusted, English-speaking doctor we can call. But now we’re in Sihanoukville, on the southern coast of Cambodia, and I could barely make myself understood ordering lunch today. We head down a tributary river and children wave from the banks, bathe in the water, and ride bikes along the shore, keeping up with our boat before fal...
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Willa World: August 8 - Hanoi and Sa Pa, Vietnam
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007. August 8 - Hanoi and Sa Pa, Vietnam. The bus has pulled up to the station in Hanoi and I’m the last one off, struggling down the narrow aisle with Willa and two bags, rushing to claim my backpack from the bus’ undercarriage before someone else does. I stumble on the last step and as I right myself, women surrounding the bus shove cheap jewelry and trinkets in my face, “You buy from me! 8221;, “You buy something! 8221; every 3 feet. We finally did: our return ferry tickets. Anothe...
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Willa World: November 23 - The Train to Varanasi, India
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Saturday, December 15, 2007. November 23 - The Train to Varanasi, India. Men selling fried, spiced potato fritters, roasted peanuts, fresh bean sprouts coated in sliced green chilis, lime juice and masala, and pouring mini cups of chai from large kettles walk up and down the aisle. Beggars board at every stop, singing for money, sweeping the floor for money, or simply tugging on sleeves and staring you down for money. We had braced ourselves for the train ride, but it’s a pleasure. I later learn that tra...
