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  • Eat, Pray, Love, Shop (Vietnam Style)

    April 27, 2012 (Friday) – Having enjoyed our motorcycle ride, we were set for a busy day. First, we sat in on a committee meeting at the home of a Baha’i friend, met many members of the Baha’i community, along with a visiting Counselor, George Saroya, from Indonesia. Lunch at an outdoor noodle cafe. Delicious…

  • Hanoi From the Handlebars

    April 27, 2012 (Friday) – Our busy day started with an unexpected treat – motorcycle rides for Zabine and me. We knew that Baha’i friends were coming by to pick us up, and I suppose we expected a van or car or something. But the most normal mode of transport in Hanoi seems to be…

  • Hanoi Street Market

  • Vietnam Arrival

    April 25, 2012 (Wednesday) – We are now in Hanoi. Considering my many (mis)adventures with travel, domestic and foreign, the trip here was amazingly smooth and stress-free. Well, as stress-free as 18 or so hours on an airplane can be. We landed in Seoul, Korea (Incheon Airport) right on schedule (okay, a couple of minutes…

  • Vietnam Journey Unfolding

    April 24, 2012 — Zabine and I are in flight –Asiana Airlines– somewhere between Seattle and Seoul. We’ve travewled 1550 of our 5210-mile total;our altitude is 36,000 feet, ground speed 532 miles per hour, and current outside air temperature — a balmy minus-70 degrees F. (Guess if I get too hot, I can always go…

  • Visiting Vietnam

    Good morning, April 22. I can’t believe I’m on my way to Vietnam. The Vietnam trip has been in the works for several months, but I haven’t had the courage — till now — to write about it. Please don’t get me wrong: I’m excited about this trip — upbeat, optimistic, incredibly happy. What I’m…

  • New High-def “Heart to Heart” Website

    Whew! It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a month since I posted my March 8 article on Heart to Heart. Sorry to be quiet for so long, but so much has happened: I’ve ported my new presentation of the Heart to Heart program to its own, standalone web site: Heart to Heart HD. Even…

  • Introducing Heart to Heart HD

    The Astonished Tamale! is pleased to introduce a new service for its readers. We’re calling it Heart to Heart HD. You can test-drive it here. (Or simply click the “Heart to Heart HD” item on the black menu bar above.) A bit of history: Heart to Heart (without the HD) is an omnibus slideshow addressing more than 700…

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