I miss the States. I've been in Vietnam a lil too long. Tomorrow we're going to the Cambodian border to check out a tax-free Costco, a small reminder of home. I've never been this excited for warehouse goods. Vietnam: a strange combination of ghetto and beautiful. Its a lot more modern than my first visit 6 years ago.

This is my aunt's condo in Cho Lon (Chinatown) in Saigon. She's lived there for almost 50 years.


This is what the streets of Nha Trang (and the rest of South Vietnam) look like:


The beach shores of Nha Trang has some breathtaking views:


Parks of clean, quiet, empty Hanoi:


In Hanoi, men get haircuts from sides of trees:


Almost a thousand hollow islands scatter at Ha Long Bay, near China:

Floating villages in Ha Long Bay: