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Small Town Girl At Heart

Kris — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:30:49 +0000

I’m not really a city girl. But I’ve known that all along about myself. Serene wrote about how she felt at home in Saigon since she’s used to the hustle and bustle of the metropolis back in the US, but it’s never sat well with me. I come from a town where you can get most places by bicycle and where it’s easy enough to get out of the city to places where you are completely alone, so understandably, living in Saigon has been a bit of a shock for me.

Today, I awoke to the sounds of birds chirping. I can’t remember the last time that happened. In the past few months I’ve been opening my eyes to the sounds of traffic, horns, construction, street vendors, etc. I hadn’t realized what an abrupt awakening that was until this morning.

Right now we’re in Sapa, which is just about as far north in Vietnam as you can get, very close to the Chinese border. Prior to that, we were on Cat Ba Island, located in the stunningly beautiful Halong Bay. In addition to a lack of people and noise, it is pretty difficult to find a reliable internet connection (or one at all). So my apologies for the halt in posts – I’d like to blame it all on the lack of internet but we’ve also been having a blast hiking, kayaking and exploring the area. It’s really refreshing to put the technology away and fully enjoy the natural world around you, even if it’s forced upon you. Regrettably, we will be leaving this pocket of paradise to return to the city tomorrow (this time, it’s Hanoi). While I will be happy to have access to the World Wide Web again, I would give it all up for the beauty and solitude that we have found in the far reaches of Northern Vietnam. Back to the city it is.

Overlooking Butterfly Valley in Cat Ba National Park, in Halong Bay.

MIDNIGHT ON OUR STREET

Laurene — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:00:20 +0000

We are all aware of how noisy Ho Chi Minh City is at any time of the day: horns, street vendors, Christmas songs, people shouting at you to give you a motorcycle or a cyclo ride… Turns out, it’s also very noisy at night. Sometimes extremely noisy…

MINUIT DANS NOTRE RUE

Nous sommes tous conscients du bruit qui règne partout dans Ho Chi Minh Ville à n’importe quelle heure de la journée: klaxons, vendeurs de rues, chants de Noël, habitants qui crient à votre attention pour vous emmener faire une balade à moto ou en cyclo. Il se trouve que c’est aussi très bruyant pendant la nuit. Parfois extrêmement bruyant…

Bowie

Brian — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:20:30 +0000

We just recently checked out a tiny bar/venue by the name of bowie in Hongdae. Really chill people, interesting basement atmosphere and some of the most unique shows that you can find in Seoul. The night we went happened to be a live mixing of some experiential noise music (I think) definitely not something you can find many places in Seoul. If you’re looking for something different in Seoul I recommend tracking it down.