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Hello.
Team Def is broadcasting from Vietnam tonight – specifically the coastal town of Nha Trang, which looks like this.
Probably. I checked into my hotel at midnight, so it’s rather dark out. I’ll try to validate that view in the morning.
I am here on business – another telephones conference, and another onstage gig moderating a panel discussion on The Future Of Telephones.
Joy.
This is my third visit to Vietnam. The second visit doesn’t count as it was a transit stopover in Hanoi that was supposed to be one hour but instead was three because that’s how Vietnam Airlines does business. The first visit was August 1997, also in Hanoi. That was the trip in which, famously, I was verbally abused by an aggressive shoeshine boy and got beef poisoning. The two events may or may not have been connected.
More on that later. Right now I need sleep.
I can’t guarantee I’ll be blogging this trip every day. But I’ll try to keep it entertaining. And it’s not like I’ll be too busy on Facebook, as apparently it’s illegal (on account of Vietnam being one of those repressive dictatorships that the US govt pretends to loathe but puts up with as long as they’re not uppity and have money). At least I'm assuming that's why I can't access it.
Strictly business,
This is dF
Team Def is broadcasting from Vietnam tonight – specifically the coastal town of Nha Trang, which looks like this.
Probably. I checked into my hotel at midnight, so it’s rather dark out. I’ll try to validate that view in the morning.
I am here on business – another telephones conference, and another onstage gig moderating a panel discussion on The Future Of Telephones.
Joy.
This is my third visit to Vietnam. The second visit doesn’t count as it was a transit stopover in Hanoi that was supposed to be one hour but instead was three because that’s how Vietnam Airlines does business. The first visit was August 1997, also in Hanoi. That was the trip in which, famously, I was verbally abused by an aggressive shoeshine boy and got beef poisoning. The two events may or may not have been connected.
More on that later. Right now I need sleep.
I can’t guarantee I’ll be blogging this trip every day. But I’ll try to keep it entertaining. And it’s not like I’ll be too busy on Facebook, as apparently it’s illegal (on account of Vietnam being one of those repressive dictatorships that the US govt pretends to loathe but puts up with as long as they’re not uppity and have money). At least I'm assuming that's why I can't access it.
Strictly business,
This is dF
