Confucians from the royal court in Hue probably would have found Hoi An chaotic if they had ventured there. Although the Nguyen Dynasty’s kings tried
In 1802 the last Nguyen lord, Nguyen Anh, defeated the Tay Son rulers of Vietnam after a traumatic civil war. He returned from the north
Vietnam is full of underappreciated cultural blends. China had ruled Vietnam since 111 BCE. The Vietnamese finally gained independence in 939, after China’s Tang Dynasty disintegrated.
A lot of the people who take selfies by Pisa’s leaning tower miss the Campo Santo, but it’s one of the stateliest buildings I’ve ever
So it leans, big deal. They practically charge you a Lambo to go to the top, but I knew that there is much better stuff
Lifeforms in India proliferate and surround you, from elephants to mosquitoes and lots of species of ants. I brought a box of sweets to an
I thought I’d cause a little trouble while I was in Egypt. I knew that this story would mess with my Cairo guide’s head.
People in the 13th century classified their world so that every being had its place in a universal system. Their world included some strange creatures.
I put off going to Vietnam for a long time. Many other Southeast Asian cultures were heavily influenced by India about 2,000 years ago,