Hoi An, Vietnam is known for its fabrics and tailors. LIterally hundreds of tailors line the streets of this extremely small and heavily-touristed town. The last time I visited Hoi An I had seven shirts made. These turned out to be some of my favorite shirts and I wore them so frequently that they [...]

Lao international busses are not customer service oriented, they are focused on transporting as many passengers and cargo in one trip as possible. My second time riding the bus from Laos to Vietnam proved to be *slightly* more pleasant than my first (with Preston in 2005). At 6:30 AM in Phonsavan, Laos, thirty-five [...]