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On my way to school today, I was riding behind to Vietnamese custom officials on 3 Thang 2 street. They are easy to recognize in their light blue shirts and navy blue…

When I moved into this house back in January, 2006, there was a room on one of the top floors that some called the "evil" room. Every time someone passed by this room…

Okay, I am currently having lunch at Mimosa, a small Vietnamese Italian restaurant in the backpacker area. I needed to email some pictures so I decided to see if there…

Amazing, the new location of Texas BBQ (on Le Thanh Ton street in Q1 opposite of Skygarden) is now offering Dr Pepper, imported from the US, for 30,000 VND. Yeah, I hate…

Location: Mountain View, California, USA Date: April 16, 1972 Time: 6:28 AM A beautiful baby born to a Japanese mother and an American father entered the world. Normally…

From Expat Interviews: Do you have any tips for our readers about living in Vietnam? Patience, number 1. Also, come to accept that the 'Vietnamese-way' may actually be…

Well, Lucky is beginning to shed her fur again. She normally does this within a couple weeks of the season changing. Buy your rain ponchos now, we are going to have an…

The water workers found the leak today. They came roughly around 10:30 AM this morning and started hammering the tiles where the water and sewage pipes are located…

Well, I had to stay home tonight to get some work done. Things did not go as planned, though, due a power outage at about 7 PM. When the power returned, the internet…

Today the water repairman returned to our house. We were finally successful in explaining the problem. When he turned on the water again, I can tell he was surprised at…

Well, my landlord never fixed the water leak problem. Instead he just switched the house to ground water WHICH IS FREE. Problem solved, NOPE!!! The house is still…

It is 11:30 PM at night when normally the internet speeds are the best. For the last couple of days now, the bandwidth has been quite poor. I just did a Speed Test with…

From 8 AM this morning until about 9 AM, I could not access any websites located outside of Vietnam with FPT. All websites located within Vietnam were easily accessible…

Just finished adding a page about my trip to the Perfume Pagoda. (Perfume River boat ride to the Perfume Pagoda) View more of my trip to the Perfume Pagoda at this link:

Well, I am finally able to upload some pictures of my trip to Hanoi the previous weekend. I am working on the Perfume Pagoda pictures as you are reading this. Below are…

Smile This one little piece of advice will make life in Vietnam more enjoyable. As Western Expats living in Vietnam, we tend to be extremely judgmental in every aspect…

VNPT just announced they will increase internet speeds (and prices) for new and existing customers. Some customers, depending on their packages, may see speeds increase…

Respect your Vietnamese Neighbors. They are the ones who will come to your aid when your house loses electricity or water during the evening. They are the ones who will…

Well, I have been in my hotel room for nearly 1 hour now. It was a rush from AIS to the airport today. I actually got everything done so fast, including packing my bags…

I had to call my landlord to tell the water repairman to return to the house today. The same worker and another guy came at around 6 PM this evening. He spent one hour…