may 21, 2000 greetings brothers and sisters of the revolution i am now in dalat. vietnam. never heard of it? but biensur, it is the cool-air, mountain-high resort of the country that flies its red flag with yellow communist star…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 4, easy riding the ho chi min trail
easy riding the ho chi min trail may 28, 2000 greetings comrades, i have been thinking of you all. some of you have gotten quite prolific, creative, and dare i say, verbose (2 sentences from doug warhit! 2 pages…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 5, geckos on the wall
geckos on the wall almost june, 5/31/2000 hue, vietnam geckos on the wall. little spiny green lizards climbing up the cracked white plaster wall. into your brain. from the run-down hotel across the street from “apocalypse now”, the…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 6, destination for the new millenium
good, morning, vietnam “hello!” shouted from the roadside, by children, teenagers, women, men, solicitors, beggars, poets, cons…. “hello”. “hello.” shouted back by the gringo american touristo poetcon. up with the sun and the roosters this morning. 5 a.m. tooling around…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 7, hustled & hassled in hanoi
june 10, 2000 hanoi, vietnam hail, hail, my stalwart cadres, i’m emerging from a cave, as i celebrate my one month travel anniversary – – out on catba island, one of the three thousand spawn of vietnam’s great protective…