Day 31: mekong delta

17Jan09

We set aside a day to venture South to the Mekong Delta.  A part of Vietnam that still looks like the postcards.  Rice paddy fields, villages on the water’s edge, fresh air.  A $7 tour took us by bus, then by boat, to a little village specializing in tourist traps… I mean, coconut candy.
We continued [...]

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Tags: asia, boat, bus, coconut candy, ho chi minh city, mekong delta, rice paddy fields, tourist, vietnam

the fung wah marketing machine

09Oct07

To go between New York and Boston, there are four main forms of transportation: car, bus, train or plane. Lacking a car, I’m not eligible for option #1. And, as a broke student, options #3 and 4 quickly drop off.
So, once you’ve decided realized that riding the bus is your only option, you [...]

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Tags: Aunties, bus, Chinese, Fung Wah, Greyhound, Lucky Star, marketing, New York, NYC