Note: This piece is not so much a feature (on the restaurant), as it is a personal reflection. Excuse the dreadful photos – it was very dark, and these are not up to par. It starts out as an assignment to feature “…hole-in-the-wall places that are great for a Friday night gimmick.” I’d heard about...
read moreWhen it comes to sightseeing, I’m the more-markets-than-monuments type of tourist. It’s not really my thing to be shuttled around in a tour bus blindly following a guide whose hand is perennially attached to that “follow me” pink (or yellow or what have you) flag. But in Cambodia, I had to visit Angkor...
read more“Cambodia seems so far…” reads the text from my friend, Kaie, as I leave the hotel room on my first day here. I chuckle and have to agree. But from the little I’ve seen of this place, I’m enchanted. Truly enchanted with Siem (pronounced as one syllable) Reap.Siem Reap is one of the hottest Asian...
read moreIs it possible to get quality Vietnamese food in a restaurant in Hanoi? My chances aren’t looking good.Viet KitchenWe’re looking for Pho 24, Vietnam’s supposedly ubiquitous pho shop. But my sisters, whom I’m traveling with on this trip (Mom decided to stay at the hotel) and I, can’t find it....
read moreWhen it comes to traveling, my sightseeing perspective centers on markets instead of monuments and museums. Curiosity and appetite are my guides and I expect to get lost, which invariably, happens more often than I’d like. (I’m still sharpening my map-reading skills). Hanoi, to my foreign eye, is immune to the...
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