After an untold cycle of office routine, the need to start afresh, to loosen the grip of anxiety becomes ever dire. Studies have shown that vacations are an essential means to de-stress to the point of lowering health related mortality. 8 days were the prescribed number of day off, but I don’t have that luxury,… Read More A Trip in Hat Yai: Consume, Pause, Resume
We are now in the Cong Caphe, overlooking the streets. I ordered a cup of coffee to relax after our long walk. Beneath the transparent table was a book, written in German, a Marxist dictionary. The ideology was used as a centerpiece for aesthetics. Outside, the square was swarming with cars and motorcycles. Constantly in… Read More A Trip in Hanoi. Chapter 11: The Streets of Hanoi
Today’s stop, the Hỏa Lò Prison. Hỏa Lò can be translated as Fiery Furnace, due to the fact that the prison was situated at a street once selling wood and coal-fire stoves. Looking around the interior I was getting an idea of how the museum was curated. It seems like the intention was to explicitly… Read More A Trip in Hanoi. Chapter 9: Penitentiary
After stepping back in Hanoi, motorcycle taxi was being proposed as our next transportation, because none of us have ever taken one before. But I agreed with slight trepidation, why? two reasons. One, well, it’s just a motorcycle ride; Two, have you seen the traffic in Vietnam?? not a pretty sight. Okay then… lets do… Read More A Trip in Hanoi. Chapter 8: Back in Town
Hopeful And Free 