Suddenly miss muối tôm. Shrimp, salt, chilli dipping used with raw mango or guava.
I saw a Vietnamese grocery shop, recalled all the little Vietnamese that I remembered trying to impress the people inside. But they turned out to be Burmese. Such a funny world. Nothing wasted, we had a chit cat about our Shan state, Chin state and other Northern lands.
Ordinarily, this time of the year, I am skipping Saigon, and heading to Hanoi. All I have is the little iPad, a keyboard and two change of clothes. It is cool - perfect walking all day, stopping occasionally at cafes, in Kim’s words “pouring our lives into words”.
Just switched to a mechanical keyboard and remembered all the walking and writing. Read Kim at https://kim-trinh.com
Small things mostly: Sometimes It is not those big features in a product, but just a little bit of thoughtfulness.
You know you’re spending too much time on Apple stuff when you start spelling a certain Malaysian city as iPoh.
I saw a 170 bus and remembered a map I once made for a first time traveler from Singapore to Malaysia, hoping that she would not get lost. Now I hear, most of Penang is lost in her.
travel MalaysiaThese shops are not just about books, but this is where I met many interesting people in these cities. Visiting these places on my travels often meant that I had to book extra luggage for my return flight, but it was always worth it.
The stores are
Dasa Books, Bangkok
D’s Books, Phnom Penh
Books of Awesome (BOA), Saigon
Bookworm, Hanoi
books
the art of getting lost