Vietnam
The winner of this week’s Adventure to Dominica contest is Stephen Bentsen, for submitting this shot of himself and a friend jumping off the deck of a boat into the water in Vietnam.
Here’s what Stephen had to say about the shot:
“As the end of the day nears in … Read the rest
In the summertime, across America, battalions of ice cream trucks fill the warm air with the seemingly sweet sounds of one unmistakable jingle: Turkey in the Straw. Ice cream, apparently, is best served with a side of racism. Originally called Zip Coon, the popular American folk tune that has now… Read the rest
Splashing around in water is fun. And no matter where you are on this grand planet of ours the rule is the same: if there is enough water people will find a way to have fun in it.
In his fly-fishing masterpiece The River Why… Read the rest, Oregon author David James
Comic genius Mitch Hedberg used to say, “An elevator can never break; it can only become stairs.” Unfortunately Mitch died in 2005. But unlike escalators and drug-addled comics, a well-crafted set of stairs can survive for centuries.
Through all the differences in culture and geography that permeate our world, one… Read the rest
Last fall I was traveling in Vietnam and spent a few days on Cat Ba Island in Halong Bay, Vietnam’s famous UNESCO site. While there I met two super cool guys, Onslo and Erik, who had given up on the traditional American lifestyle and traded it for running a climbing… Read the rest
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When you hear the words “surfing” and “Vietnam War,” thoughts go automatically to the famous scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now where a surf star and an Army colonel partake in a surf session while a battle rages around them. But the Vietnam War had
Both surfing fanatics and history buffs will want to check out the new documentary Between the Lines: The True Story of Surfers and the Vietnam War. (Here at Wend we had the opportunity to show it during our re-launch party; I can tell you that it’s a pretty solid documentary.)… Read the rest
