Duty Free shop at Hanoi Airport where you can pickup a refrigerator or a flat screen tv along with Kit Kats
Chickens
Family of 4 on a scooter. (No helmets on the kids)
Instant noodles. My first meal in Viet Nam. Blech.
Selling meat.
army of scooters in Hanoi ready to mow me down.
floating 7-11s. once you buy something, they will hound you forever. It’s like a horror movie. They will also guilt you into buying drinks for the people rowing the boats.
Oh yeah, and they paddle with their feet. I will have video of this.
Piece of a B-52 shot down in the war. the park which had all of the wreckage was smartly decorated with bonsai trees for some reason.
Urinals with mega privacy walls in a gas station.
All of the signs look like this with random stock photos of food and smiling chefs. They all used the same font and color scheme and they all looked like Master P album covers.
Crabs!
Fertility rock in the limestone cave. Every limestone cave attraction in the world has a “fertility” rock
“Salad” with mayo. no one ate this.
Fish. tasty.
500 steps to the top of that rock.
A chocolate Buffet at a swanky Hanoi hotel. Literally, it was a buffet of chocolate.
My LT tribute photo
The coolest picture I took so far. A kid in a village staring at trespassers with camera.
terraced paddies.
hiking down into a valley. The women with the baskets are the souvenir sellers who hike along for miles in rubber sandals.
A toilet at a village school. This is a double occupancy one.
Village women shopping for more fabric
The Prison /Hotel
Yep. It is exactly what you think.
Tribe women sell and shop at the markets. They all wear elaborate traditional clothing which looks very heavy. They also have cell phones, buy magazines and bootleg DVDs like everyone else. The clothing though I am convinced is entirely sincere and authentic, this is what they wear.
Fat for sale
Hiking to another village.
In one tiny resturant we had to store our luggage in the room of this little girl who is doing her homework.
5 star hotel!! (Where I am currently). There is a 6 star down the road so I am wondering who the hell gives out these stars. It is top notch though.
And what I had last night and for lunch today. I’m not sure what it is called but it involves rice paper, spring rolls, a cole slaw like thing, peanut/chili sauce, mint, basil, lettuce, and what is either pork or chicken. YOu roll that up and eat it.
Goodbye for now.
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looks like a Joe “Bourdain” trip…. eat some fat and chocolate for me… my treat$$.
the little girl doing her homework has a stuffed dog on her bookcase…. hmmm…. i guess my kids have stuffed cows and pigs… so it’s the same difference?
Interesting photos of the trip and the food. Was the food good? Or junk? What did you like?
Fascinating. Your pictures speak a thousand words. The sights, the sounds…the SMELLS…
Jovita: Of all the people you know, is there anyone who would hate that place more than me?
To Moto #4 – NO
to BLT #1 – They keep the dogs as pets, they just eventually eat them. This was more common in the north.