We wrote and published this post in November 2016, when we were living in Hoi An, the last time around. Now that we are back in Hoi An, everything we wrote then still has relevance. Here is a re-post of…
Bandu, the game changer.
It can be challenging to keep a house on the edge of the jungle on the Southern coast of the tropical island of Sri Lanka, from being taken over by the elements. The elements tend to be invasive… Strong rains…
Gender Bending? Culture Bending? …… (part 2 ~ Hers)
Ben’s proclivity for “culture bending” is only matched by Peta. This tendency to “go native” is something we both gravitate toward. Indonesia is a mostly Muslim country (in fact the largest majority Muslim nation in the world, far surpassing the populations…
Gender bending? Culture bending? …… (part 1 ~ His)
Ben? Gender bending? What are we talking about here? The thought of Ben donning a “skirt” a few years ago, would just have made us both laugh out loud. After all, no judgement here, guys wearing skirts has been a…
Enjoying cultural differences ~ Hoi An, Viet Nam
Cultural differences have the potential to delight and entertain, and occasionally to frustrate. Usually, there is an arc where cultural differences initially appeal and, as one lives longer in one country, and the initial novelty wears off, frustrations may arise.…
A return to resonance, in Hoi An (Viet Nam)
Hoi An is a place we keep coming back to. It’s not ONE thing that draws us back, but rather a unique combination of several traits of Hoi An that just make it an inevitable long term “home base” for…