For Sale:
1 pig with green cover tarp to keep away rain. Two wheeled wooden cart cart attaches to many motorcycles. If you're lucky, pig may poo right off the back of the cart. Offers.
June 10th, 2010
This article is part of a new series called "The Travelers Mind" dealing with the psychology of travel with the goal of creating an ongoing discussion. If you have any suggestions for future posts please feel free to leave a comment below.
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I have a strong aversion to guns. I recall a time a few years ago when I was over at a friend's home geek-ing out on film and home theatre tech, when he brought out a handgun he takes to the shooting range. I didn't want to be around it at all, not even in the same room. When I did pick it up, I was surprised by the weight. Perhaps I was thinking it should be more like the weight of the plastic, water-shooting varieties that I was used to as a child. Any way you shake it though, I didn't want anything to do with it or to be anywhere around it.
I've often attributed this anti-gun feeling to my upbringing in Canada, and our reputation as I was growing up as a country who was a only a peace keeping nation. My experience with war was from what I experienced through books, film, news and anecdotes only.
My time in Vietnam and Cambodia marked the first time that I was faced first hand with war and what it leaves behind in it's path. In some areas, it's not unusual to pass by loaded rocket launchers and automatic weapons just lying around while the soldiers sit back, chat and smoke like it's no big deal.
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In Vietnam, even more than 35 years later, the remnants of the war with the United States is dug up and sold for scrap. 1kg (2.2lbs) is worth a hardy 7000VDN ($0.30)
The side streets in Hoi An are some of the most interesting little urban spots I've wandered down. You never know what will be around the corner; a cool little restaurant, a home full of sewing machines, or a bunch of chickens wandering about.
June 18th, 2010
A Vietnamese boy kicks the game winning goal in the local pickup World Cup with his friends along the side of the road in rural Vietnam.
June 11th, 2010
March 16, 2011