Here is a stark difference between Thailand and Vietnam: The Convenience Store Scene. In Thailand, every two hops you take you will smash against a 7-Eleven. Multinational colonization is pulsing strong in Thailand!
On the positive side of this situation, globalization allows any tourist to satisfy her Big Gulp craving from the top to the bottom of Thailand.
Unfortunately, however, this multinational dominance also meant that most of my Thai temple pictures have 7-Eleven signs peeking above the holy rooftops! [...Read More!]
Fashion-obsessed folks: keep a napkin poised by your mouth to wipe the drool this article will induce.
Hoi An, Vietnam has been in the news recently for being under four feet of rainwater from a typhoon. Shell-shocked tourists recalled the five days they spent, trapped on the highest floor of their hotels, endlessly playing cards and slurping instant noodles.
Normally, however, Hoi An is famous for a more colorful, delightful reason: custom-made clothing!
Hundreds upon hundreds of rainbow silk clothing stores line [...Read More!]
“Be prepared for a long journey,” warns the Lonely Planet guidebook, “As the twelve-hour bus ride between Nha Trang and Hoi An is typically described as “prison” or “hell”.”
Look at these photos of the “sleeping bus”… It’s like you’ve tragically stumbled into a seething warren of dentist chairs from the 70s, ready to attack you!
There is a toilet, but it is locked and chained with a sign that reads, “Not to use this toilet to keep its smelling away during [...Read More!]
