Southeast Asia
Escape Plan
Joseph Kampff
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Relativism Now
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Moral philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, and the like, will tell you that there are important differences between moral relativism and cultural relativism. Whatever. It’s always…
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Ducks on the Pond: or, Dining in Ninh Binh (Reducks)
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To be fair, when we arrived in Ninh Binh and were brought to the gorgeous Mountain Side Homestay by our gracious and kind host,…
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Filters for the Vietnam Yelp App I’m Developing: Ylep
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If you’ve spent any time in country and have suggestions, please leave them in the comments.
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Wine Country
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If you order a $2,000 bottle of wine in the States, there’s a good chance the server or, more likely, the sommelier (if you’re…
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The Southeast Asia Escape Plan
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For quite some time, between the end of the Depression and the late 1970s, the American story went something like this: You got a…
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Dining in Ninh Binh: Intermezzo
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It’s clear that the economy in Ninh Binh depends on tourists. And these tourists are decidedly Western in a way that the Asian tourists…
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The Blind Motorbike Driver: Intermezzo
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The skill of the motorbike drivers in country is unequaled anywhere else I’ve been in the world. More research is needed, of course, but…
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The Pleasure of Distraction: Intermezzo
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Books on trains aren’t to be read so much as looked up from periodically to catch brief snatches of life in country as they…
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Bia Hoi Ahoy!: or, The Beer Hunter
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The fact that all bia hoi places in Hanoi have the same basic setup throws the gates wide open on the kind of connoisseurship…
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Update on the Bidet Situation in Country
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After a few weeks in country, you may be tempted to forgo the toilet paper for drying after using the handheld bidet. Not always,…