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Vietnam Notes
... as a national hero and father figure. His face is on all the money and his picture is even more ubiquitous than Mao’s was in China. There is also a song with his name which we heard played repeatedly and even popped up in one our Karaoke sessions.
The Vietnamese diet is heavy on fruits , vegetables and rice with a bit of meat or fish thrown in. Noodles, soups and salads are really common and always super fresh. Often the greens ...
Get in My Belly!!!!
... Vietnam; luckily we've done a lot of walking around so things should balance out (at least that is what I'm telling myself, ha!). Check out the pictures to see some of the yummy stuff we've filled our bellies with. I'm definitely going to be testing out some recipes when we get home. Love to all and we shall see you soon! ✈ ...
Markets, Cu Chi Tunnels & Water Puppets
... tunnels was incredible – it took 3 people just a few hours to dig a 6 foot square hole after which they would dig a horizontal tunnel as far as they could reach from that depth, finally filling in the original hole, leaving only the horizontal tunnel 6 foot beneath the surface. The dirt from the tunnel would be taken away and dropped in bomb craters or in the Saigon River so there was no evidence for the US soldiers. They had air ...
Good morning Vi- well, you know
... but didn't enter, and I made my way to the War Remnants Museum. Though it is notably propagandist in nature, one cannot deny the atrocities committed during the Vietnam War, and many stations in the museum depicted these. The grounds house old tanks, choppers, artillery, and the like, but the most harrowing of all were the photos and descriptions of various torture methods used during the war. This is disturbing for any visitor, but as I wasn't yet feeling ...
Sunny Siagon
... sure that you will be hearing them in the charts any time soon. It was just the two of us and our tour guide sitting whilst several Vietnamese people played instruments and sung. We were then invited to pay a donation before jumping back into our boat and off for lunch. Lunch was served and it was my worst nightmare on a plate, a whole fish, deep fried complete with scales, sharp teeth and eyes, yum yum. Ryan tucked in although wasn’t overly enamored himself whilst ...