Travel to Vietnam isn’t complete without seeing Han Noi and it’s French Quarter. The French Quarter is perhaps the most resplendent part of this animated, bustling town. The French architects blessed this section of town with wide Parisian boulevards, leafy green canopy’s, and superb examples of French Colonial architecture. The French Quarter is also the [...]
If Vietnam were your leg, Mui Ne would be located right around your ankle, just above Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Not a hot spot on many travel itineraries like Hue or Hoi An, but Mui Ne houses the most amazing martian like red sand dunes that you won;t see anywhere else. Pair the natural [...]
Travel to Vietnam does not require tours to see the majesty of this country, just a hunger for new sights and smells. Take a photographic tour.
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Travel to Vietnam is not complete without crossing the street. Crossing the street in Saigon or Hanoi resembles a modern day Frogger. You hop from open area to open area on the road trying to make it across before you get squished. There are over a million motorbikes in Hanoi, and probably more in Saigon [...]
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Posted on 30 August 2010
Nice collection of road signs and other amusing signs encountered while traveling through the Latvia. For those of you that are confused, Latvia is South of Estonia and North Lithuania. Is your 9th grade geography coming back to you? Thought I would only do one post for the entire Baltic region but the signs vary [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 27 August 2010
There are hundreds of benefits to traveling solo: paying more for accommodation, getting lost, eating alone, having to suffer soley through the gaps in language and communication. But my most favorite is of course, taking the ubiquitios picture of myself in some town. Here is my Latvia/Lithuania travel photo essay of the modern single traveler. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 August 2010
A little off the beaten trail is a a little hill, that has more than a little amount of religious significance for Lithuanians. It started in 1831 when large wooden crosses began appearing, each year those crosses multiplied until the 1950′s there were over a couple hundred. Well the Soviets idea of religion was kissing [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 20 August 2010
There are some cardinal rules in Latvia. 1. Beautiful people are everywhere. 6 foot giant Amazon women in skin tight jeans roam Riga. 2. High heels are obligatory wherever you go whatever you do. 3. Magenta is the hair color of choice for women over 50. 4. The new new hairstyle is a cross between [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 August 2010
Jelgava (pr: yel gava) sits in Southern Latvia about 50 kilometers from the Lithuaninan border. While spending more than 1 night here is unnecessary, the city itself is small and especially colorful, housing some very well maintained churches and palaces. Day trips from Jelgave include Rundale Palace, the most magnificent palace in all of the [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 14 August 2010
Karsota Prison sits in the North end of Liepaja, Latvia. When the Hammer & Sickle flag flew over Latvia, Karsota was a military compound housing over 40,000 military personnel. The prison it’s self was once a hospital. Today it sits in the middle of the empty compound surrounded by overgrown brush and scores of abandoned [...] Continue Reading
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