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Category: Vietnam

blow skin chicken

Blow Skin Chicken: When Dinner Turns … Sculpture

Posted on January 5, 2011February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

It’s not appropriate, no. But it is gosh darn delicious. Seen above are the bony remnants of a “blow skin chicken” dinner. According to American expat, food writer and new friend, Richard Sterling, the cook actually blows air (yes, from his mouth – sadly more details are fuzzy) between chicken skin and meat prior to…

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U.S. Air Force Plane displayed at the War Remnants Museum

My Vietnam Travels in the Post-War Era

Posted on January 3, 2011February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

I think it’s impossible – at least I hope it is – to be an American traveling through Vietnam and not be periodically overwhelmed with the thoughts, sorrows, guilt, tears, imagined horrors and ultimate futility of the Vietnam War, or as it’s called here, the American War. There are moments when I’ve been in a…

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Vietnam Scallops and Ark

Git In Mah Belly, Living Sea Creatures!

Posted on December 29, 2010February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

I’ve been no stranger to eating fish here in Mui Ne. Before sexy Russians in small bikinis and, well, travelers like me arrived, the town was a thriving fishing village. The fish are still abundant, with many now digested by yours truly. On the outskirts of Mui Ne’s busy stretch of geared-for-tourists restaurants (which are…

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Smile and the World Will Smile With You

Posted on December 27, 2010February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

My first night in Hanoi, we sat at a sidewalk bia ho’i, a local hangout favored for drinking lots of home-brewed beers while perched on minuscule plastic stools a mere 6 inches off the ground. We were a bit puzzled by bia ho’i protocol, but decided to roll with it and see how things played…

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Christmas in Vietnam

We Wish You a Merry Vietnamese Christmas!

Posted on December 23, 2010February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

After a whirlwind trip to a local supermarket on a mission to make merry, Ayaz and I have decorated our bungalow for the holidays. It’s lovely to spend the holidays in a bathing suit, but really I miss my family and friends tremendously, and want to wish you all the merriest of Christmases and the…

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fruit vendor mui ne

My Crack Team of Masseuses and the Hot Russian Next Door

Posted on December 21, 2010February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

“Madame! Madame!”Their pleading cries (sounding like “Ma-DOM”) greet me like clockwork every morning, within minutes – but more often seconds – after I set foot outside my bungalow door. And more often than not, I smile and shake my still bleary-eyed head, “No, thank you.” First, it’s the fruit vendors. They arrive in Vietnamese style,…

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mui ne

To Build a Home: A Traveler’s Guide to Place, Self & Sweeping

Posted on December 18, 2010February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

I took out a broom and swept the floors of my beach bungalow in Vietnam yesterday. It was the first time I’d done any real manner of cleaning in 2+ months – the gift, I suppose, of living out of hotels and guesthouses. And yes, I’m still staying at a hotel, but as it happens,…

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Vinpearl Island

Scary Yet Alluring … Like Communism

Posted on December 15, 2010February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

There I was, dangling upside down, at least 20 stories above the South China Sea at Vinpearl Island Amusement Park, eyes scrunched shut, belly clenched in terror, gripping the metal bars strapped across my chest with what I hoped could be classified as superhuman strength. In those minutes where I was uncertain if I’d make…

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Halong Bay

Sailing, Take Me Away…

Posted on December 6, 2010February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

Oh, come on. Who can refuse a good Christopher Cross reference when it’s just parked at your Vietnamese doorstep? Post-gorging on street food in Hanoi, a trip to magical Halong Bay was in store. We chartered a trip, met a crew of fabulous Dutch, Germans and Italians and meandered our way among a smattering of…

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Foodie Paradise + Cheapie Paradise = Hanoi

Posted on December 1, 2010February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

I have loved Hanoi unexpectedly much. Here’s some pics, most to do with food – because I cannot STOP EATING. Oh lordy it’s good here!

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