No Worries

Inside an all-inclusive resort. “Are you sure this is free?” my mother asks for the third time in disbelief, as the waitress brings her a Piña Colada, swiftly followed by a Miami Vice (pina colada/ daiquiri mix). It’s 10 in the morning and we’re ensconced under thatched huts on a gorgeous beach in Akumal, on … Read more

Saigon Mythbusters

The Myth: Are English books banned from being shipped out of Vietnam? Actually, no, it’s not English books specifically. Both English and other foreign-language books are often simply caught in the line of fire between local prohibitions and actually-banned publications. According to Vietnamese Post Office Regulation #49/2010/QH12 (you can find it on the Vietnamese government … Read more