Tham Pha, also known as Buddha Cave, is one of the few attractions around the town of Thakhek on the Mekong River in Laos. It was said to have been discovered just 15 years ago by a farmer, which is hard to believe because its access isn’t really obstructed by anything; in fact, it is…
Month: January 2020
About Travel Watches
People who know me closely also know that I am a bit of a watch guy. That’s right, I do have a great fondness for timepieces, especially mechanical ones. To me, they represent one of the few kinds of jewelry that are actually functional and serve an important purpose other than decoration. And if decoration…
Ho Chi Minh City vs. Hanoi
Few countries in the world have the geographic and cultural bipolarity of Vietnam: it’s an elongated country, historically divided between the North and the South, and with a mighty hub city in each part. Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon or simply HCMC is the country’s biggest city and the dominant city of the South. Hanoi,…
Happy 2020!
The clock has struck 12 and counted down the last minutes of the twenty-teens just about everywhere in the world now, so I would like to wish you, my dear readers, a Happy New Year and a fantastic 2020! Let this year, and indeed, this decade, be another amazing one in travel, photography, and all…