New Orleans So many wars, so little time. We have come to the point where when someone asks an American “about the war,” we have to say, “Which one?” One of the two Iraq wars? Afghanistan and its continuing and unending conflicts? Like I said, which one? For people of a certain age though the …
Tag: Ho Chi Minh City
Race or Class in Vietnam
Hanoi We were all used to seeing facemasks of different sorts, fashions, and colors on the tens of thousands of scooter drivers when we first navigated the streets of Ho Chi Minh City and then later Hanoi. What was more curious in the stifling heat and humidity was figuring out the long arm stockings that …
Hanoi Surprise
Hanoi We arrived here last evening to the acrid smog and smoke of fires in the countryside as rice husks were being burned in piles for kilometers near the airport. We felt coming into Hanoi like we were on bridges with grades up and down for kilometer after kilometer around water we could not see …