My home address is a small apartment in Fair Oaks, California but I'm here in Ho Chi Minh City right now staying in a rented room and this is where I spend a good part of every year.

Indochina gets into your blood and once you have a taste you'll find it's impossible to stay away.

If, at the end of my days, the sum of what I've taken exceeds the sum of what I've given, then I have lived in vain.

Born in the Flint, Michigan, big boat sailing on the Great Lakes and skiing in the winter was how most of my youth was spent.

Overall the cost of living in Ho Chi Minh City is cheap and if you can stay away from Western restaurants and use just local products in your everyday life it's really cheap.

Thailand has good medical care and even though I haven't tried it, Singapore is said to have high quality care also.

I would say healthcare in Vietnam is so-so. There are several international clinics that are good but expensive and the care offered is limited.

For the most part Ho Chi Minh City is safe but like any large city you need to pay attention to what's going on around you.

Why Ho Chi Minh City? It is crowded, noisy, scruffy, crazy, but always interesting and things are happening all at a break neck speed.

I'm divorced and have a son and a grandson and it is a problem being away most of the time. Living as I do, if I had a wife and children I think it would be really hard to do.

On my discharge, I had the challenge of putting my life back together but Vietnam stuck in the inner recesses of my mind.

A willing spirit, diligently perform the sacred duty.

All that two lovers want, is to be one with the other in a moment of ecstasy.

You know, being bitten by a vampire one week before prom really sucks. No pun intended.

Principle comes first

When you keep a secret from your parents, you're not trying to protect yourself. It's because you're trying to protect them.

When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

Oatmeal tastes so good on its own, you don't even need to add sugar.

I grew up in Mississippi being told it was a great place, but not feeling that. When I finally began reading seriously, literature showed me something about where I was from which was worthwhile.

Talk in order that I may see you.

The sad truth is that most Christians spend their entire lives trying to score points with Someone who is not keeping score.