Hanoi to Hoi An

Ian

The pace of life is pretty slow in Hoi An.  I think that’s why I like it so much. Waking up to birds chirping in the rice fields instead of cars honking in a concrete sprawl.  Taking daily bike rides along the river that never had an ending in...

On Being an Immigrant

Ian

My French-Canadian friend once asked me “Why do all foreigners who live outside their home country get labeled an immigrant, but when Americans travel overseas they are called expats?”     Illegal Immigration is a hot topic in America 2017, mostly because of Donald Trump’s finger on the American...

Traffic in Saigon

Ian

I wanted to point out the insanity of driving around Ho Chi Minh City (which I will now refer to as Saigon for brevity).  The population is around 8 million people, which not a joke puts it outside the Top 25 most most population cities in Asia (Saigon is 30th according to...