Five months ago Anne and I talked about two non-travel posts that would be a little deeper and more introspective than our normal posts. The first went up when we …

We love Laos and can’t wait to get back someday. Here are a few things we learned while we were there:
1. Just because there’s an “s” at the end of …

Laos is a quiet, beautiful country that could keep a traveler busy for many weeks. Too bad we only had one. Many people we met trekked on elephants, explored caves, …

In many ways, Cambodia is the wild west of Southeast Asia. No longer overrun by gunslingers, it still bears the hallmarks of a frontier nation, a new society, albeit with …

The ruins at Angkor represent the apex of ancient Khmer civilization and form the heart of modern Cambodia. It is difficult for anything else in the country, much less all …

While we’re sure Cambodia has good food somewhere within its boundaries, we didn’t find much during our brief stay. We had some tasty Indian food in Phnom Penh and discovered …

We lament losing a war, we lament joining a war which wasn’t our own, we postulate about how things could have gone differently and in general it is the big pit of humillty in the middle of our usual American bravado…. It isn’t exactly the same as the democratic (and corrupt) government we were trying to sustain, but for the average Vietnamese it does create economic opportunity and protects most of the freedoms we hold dear. (Like most countries they have work to do and abuses to stop but they are headed the right direction) I have not found a good Ho Chi Min biography here to read, but from what I can gather, this new Vietnam would please him and perhaps bring him to tears of joy…. For him fighitng the French and the Americans was just the continuation of a struggle that had gone on for 2 millenia the French and the Americans had just taken the place of the Chinese and the Khmer’s or Chams.

Vietnam is the one country where we really took our time. Our visas were good for one month and that was just about the perfect amount of time to see …