Category Archives: Postcards from Vietnam / Bali Wet Season

Postcard from Vietnam (6)

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

Dear friends, It’s been a while since I last sent you a postcard. Ages. I don’t know what to say. How to explain it. It feels as though I closed my eyes for a minute and was lost. Or just … Continue reading →

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Moments from a Bali Wet Season (4): Flat Spell Lineup

Posted on February 17, 2010 by
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Moments from a Bali Wet Season (3): Fishing Spell, Priest’s Bell

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Moment 2: Temple Moment 1: Post Surf Peel

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Moments from a Bali Wet Season (2): Temple

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Moments from a Bali Wet Season (1): Post Surf Peel

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Postcard from Vietnam (6)

Posted on December 20, 2009 by

Dear friends, I write to you from Hanoi, where winter seems finally to have arrived. This morning on our way down for a walk in the playground after breakfast Gung and I met Hanh’s mother on the stairs. She’d been … Continue reading →

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Postcard from Vietnam (5)

Posted on November 6, 2009 by

Dear friends, I write to you from Hanoi, where autumn has arrived and the afternoon sun is paler and lower in the sky than it was. Walking outside is a pleasure now, and not the pain it was when it was … Continue reading →

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Postcard from Vietnam (4)

Posted on October 2, 2009 by

Dear friends, I write to you from Hanoi, where we live in an apartment on the fourth floor of a building off Linh Lang Street. Linh Lang Market is just around the corner, and Thu Le Zoo a few blocks away. Cau Giay Street begins on … Continue reading →

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Postcard from Vietnam (3)

Posted on September 13, 2009 by

Dear friends, This morning I came across the following lines in a book Hanh had been reading and left on the bed: First, love the man who wears a singlet. Second, love the man who has dried fish. Third, love … Continue reading →

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Postcard from Vietnam (2)

Posted on September 3, 2009 by

Dear friends, I write to you from Sa Pa, about 40 km southwest of Lao Cai and 1,300 m higher. The air is much cooler up here, and there are mountains all around. We arrived last Saturday, a day when Sa Pa fills … Continue reading →

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