Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
Border of Vietnam and Laos
Central Vietnam 2004

Hello all:
The final and most exciting leg of this Vietnamese journey has concluded. I returned on an overnight train to Hanoi from Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park early this morning. The survey was an incredible success...

Sapa and Hanoi
Vietnam 2004

Sapa was smashing. A bustling, colorful town set in the midst of lush,
green mountains. The overnight trainride was nice and I awoke to us chugging
alongside a river dotted with the occasional dugout carrying a fisherman or
two. I had a corner room in a hotel that overlooked...

Van Long Nature Reserve
Vietnam 2005

Now here at Van long--been here for 3 weeks, and tomorrow is my last day.
what can I say-so much has happened...the site is about 2600 hectares in 7
communes with many villages around. there are about 8 groups with roughly 80
animals over a few chains of...

excerpts from the goodbye email i sent in summer 2006.
Ninh Binh Province, Northern Vietnam
July 2006

it is about time to come home, although i cant adequately express how
much ill miss the people and the way of life here. i have real daydreams about
starting a family here and living the village...