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Hello from Ho Chi Minh
We made it! After 19 long hours on a plane and in the Hong Kong Airport we finally made it to Ho Chi Minh City(aka Saigon and referred to as HCMC from now on). Flight was good and we both got some sleep so we were ready to go when we got here. I have no complaints about the airline because they were on time and also the food was pretty decent. Of …
Vietnamese Cat and Mouse Games
Starring Andy Co-starring Lynne Date of writing: July 1 Our journal resumes on Wednesday morning, June 28, as our overnight train pulled into Hue. There we were met by our new guide, Tien. Upon welcoming us, Tien followed in Hung's footsteps by informing us that our train was late (by about one hour). As in the prior case, it was not an expression …
Awesomely Bodacious Travel Dairy
... in Vietnam, I found myself depressed. There were people living in extremely small houses. I felt mournful for this one house. It had brick walls and the room sizes were extremely small about the size of a living room. The roof was poorly crafted with some sticks under and large slabs of metal cover the sticks acting as the roof.
I saw another, with a woman kind enough to let me see what her house had to offer. The lady in the village had ...
The Art of War
... used until 1960! Prisoners were tortured, both physically and mentally, by both the French, and then the ARVN (South Vietnamese Army) with full knowledge of the US. I had thought that the North were the only ones to mistreat prisoners, but it appears that both sides were culpable (Google Phu Quoc Prison if you want further clarification).
We walked around some old military hardware, M48 tanks; large artillery pieces, a Chinook helicopter, a ...
Good Start to Week Three
... at the orphanage. I basically sat there and said a few things to Phu who translated for me but mostly it was a lot of discussion in Vietnamese! By the end of the meeting it was decided that Phu would help to write a letter for the head nurse saying my purpose and that any equipment brought from America was for the orphanage. The letter will say that I work at the orphanage:) The monk will then give the letter to the President of the organization and he will sign and stamp ...
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