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This site discusses Vietnam in a variety of ways, ranging from food and societal issues to traffic and economic growth, among other topics.
The Cave Trek
2017-03-22 04:21
A week and a half ago I trekked into Hang En, the third-largest cave in the world. Located in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, in central Vietnam, the cave was a remarkable place. This overn… Read More
Tet In Sri Lanka
2017-02-07 03:51
I spent the just-concluded Tet holiday in Sri Lanka, traveling for 10 days with my friends Alexis and Dana. I hadn't heard much about the country until last year, when several friends went o… Read More
Travels & Tet
2017-01-22 07:18
Well once again it's been ages since I've posted on here. That's partially due to the fact that I've done a bunch of traveling over the last six weeks, and also partially since I've been rea… Read More
The Kitten
2016-11-27 15:37
On Friday evening I was walking on the sidewalk next to the river with my friend Tin. We were playing Pokemon Go, and at one point heard a pathetic meowing up ahead. We came upon a tiny kitt… Read More
Soaking Up Culture In Hanoi
2016-11-23 15:10
I recently spent a few days in Hanoi, my first visit to the capital in over a year and a half. I was up there to do a bit of reporting, but I also gave myself some time to just enjoy the cit… Read More
2016-11-11 09:38
I've been thinking of resuming this blog for some time, as there's been a lot going on in Saigon to write about, but I need to vent first. Watching the events taking place in American over t… Read More
Obama's Visit
2016-05-26 01:33
The past few days have been exciting ones for Vietnam, with President Obama landing in Hanoi on Sunday night to begin a three-day visit to the country. The local press reported his every mov… Read More
2016-05-16 04:50
This is related to my previous post, so check that out first before continuing.Yesterday, a third round of protests over the fish kill in central Vietnam and the government's slow, opaque re… Read More
2016-05-05 07:54
It's times like these that I'm glad I no longer work for a state-affiliated news organization. Over the last month an environmental catastrophe has rocked central Vietnam, and the reporting… Read More
2016-04-02 03:01
Last weekend I visited Phnom Penh for the first time in well over five years. Cambodia was the first stop on my post-college move to Southeast Asia, where I spent two weeks in a teacher trai… Read More
2016-03-11 13:19
This week I had the incredible opportunity to spend two nights at the mind-blowing Marina Bay Sands hotel in downtown Singapore. I've dreamed of staying there ever since I first visited Sing… Read More
2016-02-25 03:46
In the weeks leading up to the Tet celebration which took place earlier this month, stretches of the street I live on turned into a huge flower market. Every year, Tet is welcomed with a rio… Read More
2016-02-12 04:46
The annual Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday arrived earlier this week, ushering in the Year of the Monkey. I ended up getting stuck in Saigon for Tet last year and didn't want to repeat that, bu… Read More
2016-02-03 03:16
I was in Singapore this past weekend for Laneway, a music festival which features indie rock and electronic acts from around the world. This was my fourth visit to Singapore, though I hadn't… Read More
2016-01-20 04:13
Greetings, reader! (At this point I don't think that's a typo.) Somehow we're already over halfway through the first month of 2016. Tet is rapidly approaching, and the Year of the Monkey wil… Read More
2015-12-08 03:38
I'm heading home on Thursday for three weeks, so this will likely be my last post for a bit. (I know, I know, not that I've been posting much anyway.) I have mixed feelings about visiting th… Read More
2015-11-25 05:00
When I moved to Saigon in 2010 the food and drink scene was good but unremarkable, with the exception of street food, which has always been amazing. There were plenty of Western restaurants… Read More
2015-11-12 04:27
This past weekend I finally got to do something I've been wanting to do for years: spend two nights in a nice hotel and pretend to be a tourist. I can't afford four-star hotels back in the U… Read More
2015-11-03 03:00
This has been a relatively mild wet season, at least in comparison to the last couple of years. A recent four-day dry stretch had some thinking the rain might be on its way out, but an after… Read More
2015-10-26 07:18
Finally, it's time for my last post on Indonesia. This was delayed by a four-day trip to Phu Quoc with Natasha and general procrastination. After this it's back to Vietnam posts.The fast-boa… Read More
2015-10-26 07:18
Finally, it's time for my last post on Indonesia. This was delayed by a four-day trip to Phu Quoc with Natasha and general procrastination. After this it's back to Vietnam posts.The fast-boa… Read More
2015-10-13 03:12
After a short boat ride from Bangsal, I was stepping onto the white sand of Gili Trawangan (commonly known as Gili T), one of the three Gili Islands, located in the clears waters just off th… Read More
2015-10-06 07:35
We woke up at 2, had a light meal, and readied for the final stretch to the summit. Our guide estimated it would take about four hours to get to the top, hopefully just in time for sunrise… Read More
2015-10-01 04:52
I hadn't slept in a tent in ages, and the first night on the volcano was a reminder of just how miserable such an arrangement can be. The weather was calm when we went to bed, but by midnigh… Read More
2015-09-06 06:43
I'm off to Indonesia early tomorrow morning for almost a month. After booking my flights for this trip ages ago I put off most of the actual planning until the last couple of weeks, when I b… Read More
2015-08-26 05:47
During my travels in Vietnam, I've been struck by how readily developers obliterate beautiful places in the name of tourism, often ruining the very places they are trying to attract people t… Read More
2015-08-14 07:30
The hated Vietnamese customs hall.No man's land between Vietnam and Cambodia.Since I work here as a freelancer, it appears to be impossible to obtain a Vietnamese work permit and the subsequ… Read More
2015-07-14 08:33
After taking a hiatus from writing it's time to get back into it, hopefully with fresh creative juices. A lot has changed in the month and a half since I last posted. I no longer work for As… Read More
2015-05-25 03:14
My, it's been a while since I last posted. Since returning from H2H late last month I've spent far too much money enjoying the bountiful food and beverage choices of Saigon. A recent favorit… Read More
2015-05-09 05:58
I wrote the recap of the last day for the team blog and people liked it, so I'm going to repost it here.This final day of H2H 2015 began earlier than the rest, and even the terrible morning… Read More
2015-05-07 05:52
With a long afternoon full of free time in Lien Son after the short ride we played kickball in a field and did some team-building via a human pyramid. The Brits had no idea what was going on… Read More
2015-05-04 04:59
Coming out of the rest day in Buon Me Thuot I was nervous. Even though the leg from BMT to Lien Son was one of the easiest of the route - just 52km with practically no climbing - I had never… Read More
2015-04-18 03:53
The most challenging stretch of riding on H2H begins right out of Hue as we head west and then south into the mountains that straddle the border with Laos. As we left the Imperial City on da… Read More
2015-04-13 11:12
After the accident of the previous day we were all ready for a return to normalcy, but day eight began with yet another freak accident: a rider named Thea was walking out of a bakery, missed… Read More
2015-04-11 14:43
It's been an eventful past few days for H2H 2015, hence the lack of updates (plus spotty wifi coverage). Day 6 was a short 53km from Pho Chau to Huong Khe, all on the Ho Chi Minh Highway. Th… Read More
2015-04-07 14:22
After an internet blackout in Tan Ky I'm back with an update from the road. We're now in the dusty town of Pho Chau, sprawled out from either side of the Ho Chi Minh Highway in Ha Tinh Provi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Meo Vac was the farthest point from Ha Giang town on our itinerary, and it was time to begin our return to the starting point by taking the same roads. This meant traversing the Ma Li Peng a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The 12-hour ride back down to Yangon was freezing, as the a/c system on our bus seemed to be set to 'meat locker'. Anthony and I employed some old-fashioned American ingenuity and stuffed th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Ok, one last really final post. I had some technical difficulties with the first Tumblr page I set up, so here is the new one: http://miketatarski.tumblr.com/. It's the same URL, but if… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I've made the big decision to put this blog into retirement, as the name is no longer appropriate to where I am. Fear not, though, as I'm still going to write, except I'm switching to a new… Read More

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