Posted in cambodia, photo on Monday, June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Back in May, I was on a tour in Cambodia, and we traveled for several hours in a very simple motorboat from Battambang to Siem Reap. I wrote a bit about this earlier. Now I’ve posted the photos — see the slideshow to get a sense of life along the river in northern Cambodia.
This was [...]
Posted in cambodia, video on Sunday, June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I shot this video in a rural village near Battambang, Cambodia, in May:
Edited in Final Cut Pro. Please note that if you go to the YouTube page, you can watch it in higher quality mode (and it’s much nicer). The link is below the video on the right side. I wish [...]
Posted in travel, vietnam on Sunday, June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If only I had found out about Jetstar before I went to Vietnam!
Flights on the national carrier, Vietnam Airlines, are nice enough, but booking is a giant pain in the neck — because you must pay cash. Yes, the national airline does not accept credit cards! Even inside the country, when I booked a flight [...]
Posted in travel on Saturday, June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The strangest thing about traveling is that as soon as you’re home, it seems as if you’ve never left. Of course, there’s a lot to process, to digest — much will be integrated into my world view over time. But day-to-day life can return almost immediately to normal routines.
I was in the Saigon airport at [...]
Posted in travel, vietnam on Friday, June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sitting in the business-class lounge in the Hanoi airport, using free wi-fi and drinking a can of passionfruit juice imported from Malaysia (huh?!), waiting for the second leg of the seemingly endless journey from east to west (although my route is eastbound, from Seoul to Atlanta). I’m sorry to be leaving Vietnam — would have [...]
Posted in travel, vietnam on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since we left Hanoi, we have been seeing some of the most famous tourist attractions of Vietnam. All three of these locations are UNESCO World Heritage sites, meaning they are “considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.” (Photos to come later.)
Right now I’m in an Internet cafe in Hoi An, at 10:45 a.m. local [...]
Posted in photo, travel, vietnam on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My best friend and her family arrived on Sunday, after a bad flight delay from Delta. The customer service from Delta has got to be the worst in the world. Their airport staff are rude and unsympathetic. I have experienced it myself — many times, in many different airports. The story of Delta making a [...]
Posted in journalism, travel, vietnam on Sunday, June 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Friday was my last day teaching the Hanoi journalists. They organized a farewell lunch, and the U.S. embassy invited Larry Berman, author of the nonfiction book Perfect Spy. The embassy provided copies of the Vietnamese translation for all the journalists, and Larry signed copies (view slideshow).
Today my best friend and her family are due to [...]
Posted in journalism, training, vietnam on Monday, June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Same basic schedule, new city. About 30 journalists here as well. We had some Internet connectivity problems, but people seemed to be very patient about that.
Two of the U.S. embassy employees told me their home costs for DSL Internet are very reasonable — between $3 and $7 per month. The price varies depending on the [...]
Posted in journalism, training, vietnam on Monday, June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a link to the Soundslides that the HCM City participants made to give to me on the last day:
Online Journalism for Vietnamese Writers
It makes me appear very interactive (ha ha). I was very touched by this — no other journalists whom I have trained ever gave me a slideshow!
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