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Inculture parents interview

Posted January 21st, 2013 by & filed under Blog.

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Inculture Parents magazine interviewed my husband and me about our “intercultural family”: Monday, January 21st, 2013 Real Intercultural Family: Elka and Thien Real Intercultural Family:

Saigon 2013

Posted January 20th, 2013 by & filed under Blog.

I think this photo, which I recently snapped on Nguyen Trai Street, is a good representation of modern Saigon. There are a couple of stores

My little friend

Posted January 16th, 2013 by & filed under Blog.

As we’re waiting to start the Year of the Snake, I seem to be living in the Year of the Frog. This adorable little tree
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Hitchhiker

Posted January 3rd, 2013 by & filed under Blog.

Half way back from downtown I spotted a tree frog clinging to my car’s sideview mirror. Since we were in the thick of traffic I

Christmas cheer

Posted December 26th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

In Vietnam, nothing says “Christmas” like little kids dressed up in Santa suits. Here’s my friend Mai Anh’s son, Thien Nhan (https://help-thien-nhan.blogspot.com/), decked out for

Bad air

Posted December 17th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Our neighbours are burning rubbish again - no doubt in an effort to evade the neighborhood’s VND60,000 ($3) per month rubbish collection fee. Either that

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Posted December 12th, 2012 by & filed under Blog, Children.

Christmas is coming to Saigon, where it’s hot, sunny and the only snow in sight comes out of a can… Tweet...
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Goochi

Posted December 5th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

While people all over the world are trying to pass cheap copies off as brand-name luxury goods, it seems a HCM City importer has been

Dong Khoi Street

Posted December 2nd, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

There’s no place like Saigon in December - cooler temperatures, lower humidity, and fresh breezes. Tweet...
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New edition for Kindle

Posted November 19th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

The kindle version of Hanoi Jane is finally available in the USA & Canada, where it costs US$5.95 and can be bought here: https://www.amazon.com/Hanoi-Jane-ebook/dp/B00A45PSL2 The