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Surfing in Da Nang

The most beautiful and uncrowded beach in all of Southeast Asia stretches from Da Nang's Son Tra Pennisula to the tourist town of Hoi An. This twenty mile (30km) long white sandy beach was the site of the famous China...

Travels with Tam

If you wanted to watch scenery through a window, you could stay home and watch National Geographic, right? The best trips are those where you get out into the real world, meet real people, and leave the tourists behind. The...

Miscommunication

Miscommunication is a huge source of frustration for travelers to Vietnam. Travelers who try to learn a little Vietnamese in preparation for their journey are usually disappointed to find that their carefully practiced phrases yield only a blank look or...

Tam's Little Gallery

Tam proudly displays and offers for sale original drawings by NGUYEN TAN HIEN. Hien was a university student in the city of Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam, until the day a bus knocked him from his bicycle. He is now unable...

Tam's Fan Mail

Thank you so much for your kindness and hospitality. It is rare in life to find such good-hearted, caring, and altruistic people....The food here is amazing--must be cooked from the heart. Kindness in heart equals greatness in food.Ken Duong, USA...

Tam's Villages

Tiny rural villages are often set in the midst of Vietnam's most achingly beautiful landscapes, but the people who live there don't share in the relative prosperity and optimism of the cities. Tam tries to bring help to the ethnic...