Blogs from Tuyen Quang, Northeast, Vietnam, Asia
July 27th 2007
Nam's Return Asia » Vietnam » Tuyen Quang By HenryT July 27th 2007 Henry DunbarWe just retuned from two days in Tuyen Quang where we visited Nam's orphanage and the village where he lived until he was three. This was surprising in that we weren't sure the orphanage was still running (it is and has expanded to include a resident senior center) or that we'd be able to get any information about his early life. We found out a lot more than we had expected. I'll let the pictures tell the story here. Henry ... read more
January 30th 2006
Chúc mừng năm mới- Happy New Year! Tuyen Quang. REAL Vietnam. This ain't your Lonely Planet sugarcoated version with matresses and sit down toilets and french fries. No tourists and no tourist market. I'm talking about little kids who are terrified of you because they have never seen a white person before. We are pretty freaky looking, if you think about it. Blue eyes and light skin are like the worst evolutionary move ever. The older kids yell HELLO or "ba tay" (Mrs. Westener) to try to provoke a reaction and everybody else looks at you like you're an alien. The ladies at the train station laughed at me when I bought my ticket. The train up there wasn't too bad, I was in the hard seat class so its sort of like sitting on a ... read more
