Vignettes of the World
My Travel Journal
We rose early to visit the Duy Phu village at My Son Valley. My Son, in Vietnamese, means “beautiful mountain.” In this part of Vietnam, the celebrated ancient culture is that of the Champa people. Now considered an ethnic minority (one of the 55), the …
God might have been with me on Monday, but certainly not on Tuesday. There was intermittent rain when we had breakfast. We liked the crisp baguette yesterday, so this time we ditched the eggs and requested Vietnamese ham instead. Our driver kept us wait a …
We asked for a ride to Ba Na Hills. When we arrived at Ba Na Hills 20 minutes later, only then did we realize that we joined a tour. They tour guide advised us to stick with the tour group until it ended at 3:30. …
Danang was my third trip to Vietnam. I had not written much during my first two trips, which were to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, respectively. Therefore I will start with my third trip. To Danang and Hoi An it was. The street scenes …
I love Vietnam. Being a child of Hong Kong, I grew up knowing just a few countries. There was Britain, which as a colonial power administered Hong Kong during my formative years. There was China, a motherland that scared most of Hong Kong people away …
It was time to say goodbye to the Dying Lion. I headed back and passed by the Hofkirche St Leodegar (The Church of St. Leodegar). The Church of St. Leodegar, the Catholic Foundation of Luzern St. Leodegar is Luzern’s patron saint. In the Chapel Bridge, …
Lunch at Heini It was time for lunch. As much as I looked forward to having some hot food, I was a little lost as to how to find the right food for the right price. All things in Switzerland were expensive, with the exception …
The Chapel Bridge took me south of the river, where my tour of Luzern began. The Jesuit Church stands prominently on the riverside. “The Jesuit Church of St. Francis Xavier was built 1666-73, but its onion domed twin towers were not completed until the 19th …
Luzern and Lucerne are one and the same city. Luzern is the way that its mostly German-speaking population refer to the city, whereas Lucerne is simply the French name and the general reference in English. For a couple days I kept debating what my next …
Book Review: Not Giving Up (Trans. Original in Korean, Translated into Chinese), 2017 By Bok Yi Choi The word Bon, in Hanja[1], is first, the character for “man” over a “cross,” then furthermore a “cross” below. Overall, it is an imagery of a man bearing …