Archive for June, 2008

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

On Preparing to Leave

I will leave Vietnam in five weeks’ time. Between now and then I have only one weekend without commitments. My parents will be here for two hectic weeks at the beginning of July. The end is barreling down on me.
MCC has provided reading material to help us prepare for the process of reentry. We’ve been [...]

2 Comments » - Posted in Vietnam by Brent

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

It Looks Worse Sped Up

Someone known by the rather inscrutable handle “v!Nc3sl4s” has posted a pretty decent video of Hanoi traffic to the video sharing site Vimeo.
The time-lapse video of an intersection near Hoan Kiem Lake adds considerable excitement to an already dramatic experience by speeding everything up.
The video really gets good around the one-minute mark when you get [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in Vietnam by Brent