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Floating Market
Floating market in the Mekong Delta. This woman rowed up to our boat and was trying to sell us some fruit.
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traffic
Ho Chi Minh City, where crossing the street is an art. Traffic will never stop or clear up. Just walk in a straight line and don't change your pace. The scooters will avoid you. Hopefully.
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rice paper
Step one of Vietnamese spring rolls--rice paper.
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新宿駅南口
Possibly the most crowded place on Earth. Shinjuku station is what some consider "downtown" Tokyo, if Tokyo has a downtown at all. Millions pass through this train station daily and it's so big with so many stores and restaurants it would be a vacation destination in itself. Shown here is the South exit of the JR portion of the station.
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surprise, it's filled with mayonnaise!
おにぎり. The "peanut butter and jelly sandwich" of Japan, if you will. You'll find these in most lunch boxes and everyone knows their mother makes them the best. Pictured here is the 7-11 version of onigiri and as hard as I try I cannot seem to make them myself with the same taste. Of course, this is probably analogous to someone trying to recreate a McDonald's hamburger.
What's inside the rice and seaweed is anyone's guess. Much easier if you can read Japanese, though.
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こけし
Kokeshi are traditional Japanese dolls. Originally from northern Japan, these dolls are made of wood and very simple in design--without arms or legs. This type of doll was the inspiration for Nintendo's "Mii" avatars.
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gentlemanly travel
the day train across thailand, as to not miss any scenery along the way.
trains are certainly "slow" travel (so much better than airplanes!), but thailand takes it to a whole new level. stop to drop off the mail, oh, the train broke down again, and hey--i can walk faster than this thing!
i wouldn't travel any other way.
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Valerie Lamott has been a member since 10 November 2007 and goes by bakerysensei.
Currently in the united states.
I am a recovering nomad.
You can also find Valerie at boyswithguitars.net.
