From an elevated bamboo table in a beautiful colonial-style villa, Executive Chef Pham Thi Dieu Dai explains the array of ingredients in front of us – chili, shallots, spring.
16 years ago
The resort town of Nha Trang. Two French photographers snapping a quaint old church on the edge of town. They spot the school. They cannot resist. They wave through.
16 years ago
I’m told they’re actually crickets. Bought on the Cambodian side of the border between Cambodia and Vietnam. The transaction took place through the window of our rental car. Darling.
16 years ago
Small children, in superbly composed groups of three or more, line the side of the dusty roads. First they are mesmerised by the crazy Western tourists – lycra-clad, red-faced.
16 years ago
And all through the house, nothing is stirring … apart from a bleary first-time blogger. Before the “there’s got to be more to life than this” thunderbolt struck, I’d.
16 years ago
Vang Vieng, Laos. A mid-afternoon meander across the river. Life has slowed down. I don’t have a phone. It’s just me, going wherever my legs take me. I have.
16 years ago
A surge of adrenaline hit my chest. My heart missed a beat. I couldn’t breathe in. A two-sentence email had just ruined my life. The email cordially informed me.
16 years ago