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May 28, 2007
Saigon
Hindu temple
Incense at Hindu temple
Lunchtime
Pham Ngu Lao Backpacker area
Pile of copies of Lonely Planet books
Piling it up on the motorbike
Rice seller
Selling books and souvenirs
View from cyclo
Women selling books
Photos by Helene Goupil
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Views of Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City
Traffic
Moveable feast
Cyclo driver taking a nap
A view of De Tham street, heart of the backpacker area
Bookseller
Child and his grandma selling cigarettes
Ducks and clothes
Photos by Helene Goupil
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May 21, 2007
Congrats to World Hum!
I was just over at Budget Travel magazine's website reading new articles and a story about World Hum caught my attention. Did you know that Travel Channel bought World Hum? That's such great news for them, congratulations!
For those of you who aren't familiar with World Hum, it's a great travel website that's been going since 2001. It's run by Jim Benning and Michael Yessis.
Congrats to both of them!
Read interview here
Helene
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May 13, 2007
What's it like to be a guidebook writer?
If you've ever wondered what the days of a guidebook writer are like, here is a series of photos I took of Josh while he was on assigment in Vietnam.
Working in the hotel room in Hue
In the streets of Hanoi
Checking out a new bar and figuring out what's next on the list
Taking pictures of maps and notes as he traveled to make sure he didn't lose any information
Josh takes a break after checking five hotels in Cat Ba (and checks a restaurant at the same time)
First day of research in Sapa after night train
Chatting with the locals in a Zao village near Sapa
Waiting for a ride to Lao Cai
Looking very eager to see what e-mails are waiting for him!
Helping out the boat driver in the Mekong in Ben Tre
Unpacking and repacking
Trying out Saigon street massage
And finally writing it all up at home
Not pictured are countless stairs walked up and down to check hotel rooms, dozens of plates of spring rolls and glasses of iced coffees as we checked out restaurants and cafes, too many Halida/Saigon/Hanoi beers, bus rides, motorbike rides, planes, jeeps, bicycles, and bloody feet from walking everywhere.
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May 11, 2007
And we're back
After a short flight that took us from Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong and a long and bumpy flight, we're back in San Francisco. While Josh puts together all the research he's done during the last two months and writes it all up, I'm getting back into work and stuff...
In the meantime, in case you're wondering what happens to feet when you wear the same pair of flip-flops for a month, here's what it looks like:
More pictures coming! (yes they'll be more interesting than the one above, I promise)
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