Happy New Year!

(4-day bike trip through Mekong Delta)
I must admit 2010 was a pretty spectacular year! I moved to Hanoi in early January, one month after finishing my PhD and one week after ringing in the 2010 New Year in Treasure Beach, Jamaica – a place that I truly consider ‘home’ in every sense of the [...]

My Little Jumble

(Amy & Jumble)
It is with a heavy heart that I write this blog. I just returned from a fabulous conference in Nepal, a country that holds a very special place in my heart and, of all my travels, remains my favorite destination. Yet, when I arrived in Hanoi I received horrendous news.

(My little [...]