Romance, Party of One
December 29, 2016 I take the night train back from Sapa. It is a 4 hour drive to Ha Long Bay, through dusty towns lined with shops that all shout […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Hill towns and Black Hmong
December 28, 2016 Sapa was a hill station, founded by the French in the early 1900s. It is perched on a mountainside, overlooking terraced rice paddies that climb from the […]
Christmas and anticipation in Hanoi
December 23, 2016 I’m on a 15 hour plane ride from LAX to Hong Kong, connecting to Hanoi. It’s the Eve of Christmas Eve. For the next 7 days, I’m […]
Freedom is never really won…
This is Part 2 of a daily meditation/rant/call to action where, each day, I try to unpack a particular inspirational quote from a civil rights leader that struck a chord […]
Tom Is Tripping 