Travel & Life Vignettes
We headed south from Hoi An for Quy Nhon by car. It’s a four to five hour drive, door-to-door, which isn’t much longer than the short flight, when you figure in transfers, waiting, and line…
Several dishes are unique to the Hoi An region, and white rose dumplings is one of the most popular. Made from shrimp and mushrooms in translucent rice paper, they are delicate and savory and served…
Our Asiana flight from Seattle left an hour late, which seems to be SOP. But they kept feeding us - in this case the airplane-food version of bibimbap When we changed flights in Seoul, the…
We flew out of Hanoi to Kochi for a one night layover on our way to Mumbai. As on our way to Da Nang, we connected through Singapore, with just enough time for the photographer…
After our time on Halong Bay, we headed back to spend a few days in Hanoi. With no rain since the day we arrived, we found it hazier and smoggier than we had left it.…
We arrived in Hanoi after a short flight from Huế and a bumpy approach through intermittent rain clouds. By evening, the rain had moved on, and the next morning we headed out for three days…
After our time in Hoi An, we hired a car and driver to get us to Huế. We drove north through Da Nang (above) and on through the four-mile Hai Van tunnel that runs under…
We flew into Da Nang mid-morning, under tropical monsoon clouds. This picture looks down the Thu Bon River valley to Da Nang Bay in the distance. Da Nang was where US troops first came ashore…
The Kerala backwaters run for over 150 miles, north and south, inland along Malabar’s Arabian Sea coast. It encompasses over 1,000 square miles of brackish lagoons and lakes, connected by, and to, over 1,000 miles…
We arrived in Kochi after a three-hour flight from Delhi. The city lies on India’s tropical Malabar Coast, and is equal part water, palm trees, and people. We arrived early evening to an airport much…