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Rain Falling on Tamarind Trees: A Travelogue of Vietnam

by C. L. Hoang

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A return journey through Vietnam’s places, history, and memory

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A return journey through Vietnam’s places, history, and memory

C. L. Hoang frames this travelogue around a first return to his ancestral homeland after decades away. Beginning in Saigon, his former hometown, the journey extends through Hoi-An, Hue, Halong Bay, and Hanoi, linking personal recollection with observations on a Vietnam shaped by the decades since the war. Historical and cultural notes accompany the route, while more than forty photographs add a visual record of the places visited. At 119 pages, the book offers a compact travel-focused portrait that moves between southern, central, and northern Vietnam.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Travel readers interested in Vietnam beyond a single destination
  • Readers who enjoy travel writing with personal and ancestral connections
  • Visitors seeking historical and cultural context for Saigon, Hoi-An, Hue, Halong Bay, and Hanoi

Themes

Vietnam after the warReturn to an ancestral homelandTravel and cultural historyMemory and placeVietnamese destinations

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Book overview

Finalist (Travel category), 2019 San Diego Book Awards

Former Amazon #1 New Release in Vietnam Travel Guides

5-Star Rating from Amazon Hall-of-Fame Top Reviewer

Have you ever wondered what Vietnam is like some forty years after the war has ended? Then come along with the author as he returns to visit his ancestral homeland for the first time after a decades-long absence.

Retrace his steps with him around his former hometown of Saigon in the south, and then follow him along on an itinerary of discovery to other unique destinations throughout the country: Hoi-An, the best-preserved medieval seaport in Southeast Asia; Hue, the ancient capital of imperial Vietnam, on the central coast; Halong Bay, a world-renowned natural wonder; and Hanoi, the country's thousand-year-old capital, in the north.

Filled with historical and cultural tidbits and personal reminiscences, and illustrated with over forty photographs, Rain Falling on Tamarind Trees offers the reader an insightful and fascinating glimpse of this tropical land.

 

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