Subway Fiddler Blog

Despite the heat and humidity in Hanoi this week, I haven't been dissuaded from taking long daily walks in the city, sometimes for as lo...

My knowledge of the Vietnamese language is nil as is English to many of the people I meet here on the street in Hanoi, but we all understand...

At newsstands around the Old Quarter there are plenty of Vietnamese language publications to enjoy with breakfast, but so far I've found...

Here's an excerpt from the Rough Guide to Vietnam and its take on the city of Hanoi: By turns exotic, squalid, gauche and hip, the hi...

Here's a little shout out to my student M and his Costa Rican heritage:  congratulations on the Costa Rican team's historic performa...

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/07/04/uk-thailand-politics-idUKKBN0F90VH20140704

I have wanted to post a piece for my readers explaining some of the complexities of the current Thai political situation, but I didn't w...