Missives from Dane
After six continents, 50 U.S. states, and over 100 countries and counting - I finally decided to start writing about the amazing people, crazy adventures, and unbelievable opportunities that have filled my life. Missives from Dane is a series of insights, ramblings, and hopefully occasionally inspiring thoughts from my life - on issues that are personal, professional, and just simply strange. I hope you enjoy them (or hopefully at least one of them).
what Vietnam’s billboards don't say
Across the city, the streets are lined with massive red banners and billboards, adorned with Soviet iconography: hammers, sickles, and stars. There are smiling soldiers holding rifles, jubilant peasants waving flags, and omnipresent portraits of Ho Chi Minh. It feels as if I’ve been transported back to another century. And in a way, I have.