Tag: Thai Nguyen
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Video Excerpt: My Life as a Spy
From episode four of the Crossing Ideas Podcast, I recall the day I was told that local officials in Thai Nguyen were watching me. Do we really want government or commercial entities watching us today? Well, we more or less invite them in. At the link below, you can listen to the entire episode and…
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Video Excerpt: My Arrival in Vietnam in 1994
From episode three of the Crossing Ideas Podcast, I discuss the ride to our new home in Haiphong from Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport. It was only 70 miles away, but the ride made me realize the different world I had stepped into. At the link below, you can listen to the entire episode and all…
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Video Excerpt: “I used to shoot at Americans.”
From episode two of the Crossing Ideas Podcast, I recall an encounter with a Vietnamese university president and what he used to do during the war years. At the link below, you can listen to the entire episode and all future releases using your favorite podcast service including Spotify, Apple, and Amazon.
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What Most Americans Do on 9/11
I wonder how long after December 7, 1941 that Americans stopped remembering what exactly they had been doing after they heard the news. I suppose it was a generation or more. 9/11 has certainly become that date for me. I wasn’t born when JFK was assassinated, so there wasn’t a particular date that always made…
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A Glimpse at Hanoi – Early 1990s
A friend posted this fascinating LINK showing life in Hanoi in 1990. I found these particularly fascinating because it pre-dated my arrival in Vietnam by only four years. I first arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport – the OLD one – in August 1994, just months after the U.S. had lifted the embargo against their former…
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Me in my Former Glory: Researching on a Motorbike
Here I am in my former glory, sitting on the side of the road in Vietnam only 52 km from home. This was before selfies. It was actually taken with a camera that had film. And look! I’m wearing a watch so that will tell you it was before I had a cell phone. I…
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: #1 northern Vietnam (Part II)
In Part I of my post about my favorite place in Asia Part I HERE, I took the time to talk about the Vietnamese people who, indeed, make northern Vietnam a special place. But I felt I needed another post to round things out and highlight some of the other special aspects about this incredible…
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: #1 – northern Vietnam (Part I)
I’ve had a lot of fun counting down my favorite Asian places. Once again, these are only places that I have actually visited. Many of you have offered up some other incredible destinations perhaps worthy of another list. I hope to get to them all some day. But on top of my list, and it…
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Novel #3: The Reach of the Banyan Tree – Coming Soon!
It’s done. I spent the last couple of weeks working on a final revision for my third novel “The Reach of the Banyan Tree”. I’ve received some helpful feedback from my beta readers. I’ve received back an awesome cover from a friend designer of mine. I’ve read and re-read it many times. Now it is…
Author Mark W Sasse 