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How Long Until Halong Bay?
From Hanoi Old Quarter, where we stayed at a cramped but comfortable hotel, Hanoi Guest House along Mã Mây Road, a van took us east out of the city for a three (3) hour drive along Vietnam’s lush countryside. The ride ended at a nondescript, squat, white-washed terminal building (Tuan Chau International Marina), whose design…
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The Spirit of Summer in Nueva Ecija: Life in the Philippine Countryside Series
Day 1 – Jan. 31, 2016 – (Sunday): Nueva Ecija, here we come Rey, who would be driving, arrived at my aunt’s house at about 3:45 AM that balmy Sunday morning. January usually is the height of the dry season in the archipelago. Still, the calm westerly winds also gave that early part of the day…
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Cagbalete Island: Life with ‘Aling Baby’
Day 1 – Feb. 15, 2016 – (Monday): Gone to Cagbalete Island I wiped away the sleep from my eyes at about 3:30 AM, only to find Rona, my sister-in-law, already busy in the kitchen. The night before, we had bought some “pan de sal” at a store adjacent to the place where we had intended to eat…
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Three Days in Cabuyao, Laguna: Life in the Philippine Countryside Series
Day 1 – Jan. 24, 2016 – (Sunday): The Call of Cabuyao, Laguna Old habits are tough to eliminate; two of mine are bicycling and swimming. These activities, thankfully, had tempered the late effects of polio on my left leg- an affliction I have to live with since I was about three years old. Laguna,…
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Windy Fairfield
The car danced to the rhythm of the almost-howling winds that gust on the stretch of road that connects Interstate 80 with I-680 from Fairfield in the north going southwards to Benicia. Another work day had passed and I was on the road once again for the return trip back home to Fremont — 60…