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Wiley Jackson
Feb 4, 202310 min read
How to Pack For A Motorcycle/Dirt Bike Trip in Vietnam
Everything you'll need for the perfect trip into a land of jungles, rivers, rice paddies, high altitude pine forests, rocky cliffs,...
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Wiley Jackson
Apr 11, 20227 min read
Lost near Mũi Né
What would you do if you were lost in a Vietnamese forest with no guide, gas, and a dyeing phone battery? God it was hot. Sun sweltering,...
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Wiley Jackson
Apr 16, 202114 min read
Dien Bien Phu: A Trip To The Verdun In The Jungle 65 Years Later (Part 2 of 3)
Flamethrowers, mortar strikes, machine gun fire, grenades, sniper fire, improvised napalm explosive, and more had turned the hill into a mea
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Wiley Jackson
Aug 22, 20208 min read
Dien Bien Phu: A Trip To The Verdun In The Jungle 65 Years Later (Part 1 of 3)
While I had mostly heard the story from the French perspective, I always wanted to hear it from the Vietnamese too.
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Wiley Jackson
May 30, 20205 min read
The Ruins of Budapest
A midnight walk in the fading Jewish history of Budapest's infamous Ruins Bars.
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Wiley Jackson
May 1, 20205 min read
Teaching English in a Foreign Land
It was like being in a bizarre zombie movie where all the zombies wanted to do was say “hello” on repeat. I did my best to greet them...
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Wiley Jackson
Apr 17, 202011 min read
Mr. Chien, A Gentle Warrior
There are few men alive that can honestly say they captured an American fighter pilot, Mr. Chien is one of those men.
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Wiley Jackson
Apr 6, 20203 min read
The Opium King's Palace
The home of the Imperial France's opium trade.
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Wiley Jackson
Mar 31, 20208 min read
Muong Do and the men who captured a POW
In June of 1972, an American Air Force pilot was shot down while on a bombing mission of weapons factories outside of Hanoi. This is the...
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Wiley Jackson
Mar 31, 20203 min read
Missionaries in a Strange Land
A conversation with two young Mormons proselytizing in Saigon.
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Wiley Jackson
Mar 28, 20208 min read
An Unexpected Lunch with the Police
Despite all my attempts to avoid an encounter with the law, I found myself eating lunch with it.
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