A traveler to an architectural oddity in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, tunes in to the otherworldy call of a wacky bizarro cult “What on my first two visits has seemed gay and bizarre (was) now like a game that had gone …
Category: Vietnam
Ha Long Bay in Vietnam: A True Surrealistic Watercolor by Fyllis Hockman
Descending the steep, narrow plank, inch by inch, hand over hand along the long pole, I thought: “This better be one hell of a cave!” Exploring the other-worldly interior of Hang Trong Cave was to be one of many surreal …
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Vietnam-Interesting Sights, Sensual Delights Aboard An Exotic Asia Crystal Cruise by Larry and Gail Taylor
Vietnam… this is the place to visit, many have told us. Being from the generation raised during the Vietnam War four decades ago, we hadn’t really thought of this as a tourist destination. But reports, regarding how interesting the country …
Vietnam’s Black Hmong Saleswomen by Mary Walker Clark
If sales are all about forming relationships, then the women of the Black Hmong tribe in northwestern Vietnam should write the marketing book. This discovery was made on a recent trip to visit Vietnam’s small ethnic minority tribes, many of …
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Motorbike Nation by Peter Kauffner
Vietnam has no room left for walking around. It is a nation on a motorcycle, or sometimes a bicycle or pedicab. Yes, there are sidewalks. But in the Vietnamese view, a sidewalk is for parking your motorcycle on, eating on …