Scenes From Saigon
It’s not a very picturesque city, but I suspect that has been true since the time of the Vietnam War. It doesn’t have the same long history as Hanoi (3,000…
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Ben Thanh Market
We awoke the next morning to the sunrise in Saigon which we enjoyed from our living room. It was cool enough to open the shutters and windows and listen to…
Park Hyatt Saigon
This stop was really to round out our earlier visit to northern Vietnam. We didn’t really have an agenda other than eating Vietnamese food and drinking Vietnamese coffee. Much of…
Seoul Summary
Seoul has flashes of brilliance and interest but ultimately they have torn down their past in the rush to get to the future. So there really didn’t seem to be…
Joint Security Area
Inside the DMZ, the 4km wide line that separates South and North Korea is the famous Joint Security Area, or JSA. It is the only place where North and South…
Korean BBQ
One meal we wanted to try was the famous Korean BBQ. We’ve had it before, the last time on a memorable and raucous night in Seattle with our friends Chris…
Gwangjang Market
If you read this blog it’s no secret that we love our markets. There just is so much to be learned about a culture from their markets. What do you…
Bukchon Hanok
This area of Seoul also dates back about 600 years and was traditionally the residential quarter of high-ranking government officials and nobility and their families who usually served in the…
Gyeongbukgong Palace
There are a handful of 500-600 year old palaces that dot central Seoul and of them the most popular is Gyeongbukgong. However you are pronouncing that in your head is…