Travel is about the experience
Have you ever had a great vacation abroad but upon taking the flight home, you are suddenly stressed? On August 22, my trip back to the U.S., I had a 75-minute massage to relax me for this 17 hour flight to Los Angeles (LAX). My …
One of the things I love about coming to Asia is the massages. The first time was in China and the masseuse came to my room. It was the best 90 minutes for $10. I requested another massage the next day. Then, I went to …
During my visit to Vietnam, I started to learn some of the traditions and customs of the Vietnamese people. One of the traditions is the blackening of the tooth or tooth lacquering. When I first say this, my initial thought was that they were missing …
Today I learned something new (and excuse my ignorance) — there are “female monks” at Dong Thien Pagoda in Vietnam. For the longest, I thought the monks are men. It never crossed my mind. Imagine my shock and realization that the monks were women. Initially, …
“Kim Bong carpentry village is located at Cam Kim Hamlet. This village is very famous for its carpentry, as almost all Hoian ancient architecture was produced by their ancestors’ talented hands at a time when Hoi An flourished as a major seaport. Kim Bong carpenters’ …