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I traveled by bike from north of Hanoi to Luang Prabang, Laos from 3/14-3/25/10. When I'm not on a bike, I am a consultant with Towers Watson in the Health Management practice, and I teach a course on managing health care costs at the Harvard School of Public Health. If you're looking for my health policy blog, it's at www.managinghealthcarecosts.blogspot.com. I posted photos and reflections from the road as internet connections allowed, and I'll occasionally add a new post going forward.
Pan Mass Challenge/ Caring For Carcinoid Foundation
Each summer, I ride about 200 miles from central Massachusetts to Provincetown to raise money for cancer research as part of the Pan Mass Challenge. Click here to read more.
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A Few Relevant Books
- A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (1992) Robert Olen Butler, 1992. An American who spent 1971 in Vietnam as a linguist won the Pulitzer Prize for this short story collection –written largely in the broken English of Vietnamese refugees in Louisiana with profound insight into their country and what they lost in the war.
- One Foot in Laos (1999) Dervla Murphy. A crusty 67 year old beer swilling grandma rides through Laos just after it opened (partially) to tourists. She's overly romantic about the joys of poverty, but the book does give you a feel for the country. The good news is that the birds are back.
- A Peep Into Korea, Kevin Hayes (2006) Travelog by an Oklahoma professor, ex-cyclist-camper, who revels in learning about Korea after he marries a Korean. Strong on learning to love kimchi - missing an explanation of his mid-life romance. Picked this up at the National Museum on a whim - good airplane reading
- The Sorrow of War (1993): Bao Ninh, who lived through hell as a North Vietnamese soldier, writes about this and a touching but tragic love story -- a book I bought (pirated) from a hawker in Hanoi.
- Catfish and Mandala (Andrew Pham, 2000): A Vietnamese-American drives a motorcycle in Mexico then a bike through Vietnam searching for his identity
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- Health Care in Vietnam and Laos
- Final Leg of the Trip
- What happens when the airport toilet goes hi-tech?
- Seoul Adventures
- Back in Hanoi (and Leaving on a Jet Plane)
- Leaving Luang Prabang
- 4 Wheels to Luang Prabang
- To Nong Kaiu
- A note about posting order
- Dien Bien Phu into Laos
- Sabaday (To Udom Xay)
- A Meditation on Health Care
- Photos from Ride to Udom Xay
- Photos from Ride to Udom Xay (2)
- Market in Dien Bien Phu
- Rest Day in Dien Bien Phu
- Images from Ride to Dien Bien Phu
- To Dien Bien Phu
- That was no canopy on my bed!
- To Muong Lay (Old Lai Chau)
- To Muong Lay Photos
- To New Lai Chow
- SaPa Day Two
- Moths the size of birds
- SaPa Day One
- Hanoi Day Two
- End of Hanoi, Day One
- Hanoi Day One
- Last Post from the Air
- Preparations (Injections, Inspections, detections ...
- Getting there - and itinerary once we begin cycling
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Linda and Me On California Coast, Spring, 2008
Dear dad--
ReplyDeleteWhile the photos of fruit make me jealous (the riding, not so much)---I just had to comment somewhere that WE JUST PASSED HEALTHCARE REFORM!!!! Of course I wanted to call you right away, but alas, you are in Laos.
Hope you are having a great ride today. Can't wait to see more pictures soon.
Love!
PS: I also dedicated my gchat status to you: "WOOO HOOOO".