This past weekend I met up with a friend of mine for lunch and shopping. He’s starting a new business venture so we got together to talk shop. Besides launching new projects myself, I also love talking about entrepreneurism with other business mavericks. This country is full of risk takers with dreams of all sizes, and with the right amount …
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Blue Friday
In honor of Black Friday, I thought I’d blog about fashion instead of travel today. But since early this morning I have seen nothing but lousy news on cnn and the internet. First the stampede and subsequent death of an employee at Wal-Mart then some shootings at a Toys-R-Us. This is not Black Friday but Blue Friday. This economic crunch …
4×4
Sometimes transportation takes on a new meaning when you are on the road. But I find the definition for a 4×4 to be all relative. Same same, but different. For example, before getting on any 4wd you’d want to kick the tires around a little: And you may need to put up with the sales pitch (Good Lord, did I …
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Color me Sapa
The day gets greyer and greyer as we leave Bac Ha Market. I still have to journey another couple of hours to reach my destination, a reportedly upscale eco paradise/lodge (operated by a Danish hotelier keen on preservation projects around the globe) that relies completely on solar technology for energy and hot water. As we climb the mountain, the clouds …
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You buy from me?
Let’s take a break from Europe and gab about textiles today. Late last year I was in Asia for a few weeks. One of the highlights of this trip was trekking through North Vietnam. In this mountainous area near the Chinese border, there are numerous ethnic minority tribes (the H’mong, Tay, Thai, Hoa, and Dao to name a few) identifiable …