Michael Mckittrick
Biographical Info:
Michael McKittrick has traveled extensively throughout Vietnam by boat, train, plane, bus, motorbike, sampan and jeep. He is presently working on a novel set during the French incursion of Tonkin during the 1880s.
Michael Mckittrick's Recent Contributions
Ho Chi Minh in Ba Dinh Square
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At first, the imposing sight of Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum seems to be only a dark and foreboding vision, the deep-grey granite of its colonnades too stern a reality for a leader affectionately known as...
Destinations:
Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
Travel |
People
A Pilgrimage to Phat Diem
Michael Mckittrick - mmckittrick [464]
Dedicated to men of letters, Hanoi's Ngoc Son Temple is among my favorite places to visit in Vietnam. Immensely popular with the tourists and the locals, I decide that a blazing hot afternoon in the...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Art
A Journey to Dien Bien Phu
Michael Mckittrick - mmckittrick [464]
"Bonjour, Monsieur." Stepping across the threshold of Voi Phuc Temple, the elderly man's narrow face brightened into an animated smile. He pauses near the alcove housing the White Horse statue,...
