Monthly Archives: January 2011

Vietnamese love festivals. Thousands of them take place around the country often celebrating the obscure and curious. Tet, the lunar new year, is easily the biggest of them all. The whole country closes down for a week. This year it is … Continue reading →

Maintaining links with your fellow expats is important in every foreign environment. This is particularly so in places like Vietnam, Indonesia, China, and Japan. The occasional enjoyment of comforting aspects of home life lifts the spirits. For some it might involve playing a game of … Continue reading →