Tag Archives: Vietnam

Snake Wine

This is a our guide dipping up some snake wine for those that wanted to drink it. It was free to all comers. I think I’ll wait until I get back to a country that has a better health care system.

Fortified Wine

This is rice wine with some extra added ingrediants – cobra snake and tarantula spider. The Vietnamese will tell you what a tiger it will make you in the bedroom. I passed on the opportunity.

Veggies, Veggies, Veggies

I’m here to tell you that they grow a lot of veggies in Vietnam. It could be described as a vegetarian’s paradise. Good veggies are readily available, cheap and the variety staggers my mind. Plus, they have fruits that don’t seem to quit. Would I want to move to Vietnam for the fruits and veggies? Not if I had to give up cheeseburgers.

Tiger Cage

This device is called a Tiger Cage. Actually, there are a lot of ways to make a Tiger Cage. Basically, you just string some barbed wire around a frame of varying sizes. There are Tiger Cages for 1, 2, 3 or more occupants. The point is to make them uncomfortable. Some Tiger cages allow you to stand. Some allow you to sit and some allow you to lay down. The longer the better. A Tiger Cage is a form of torture.

School Kids – HCMC

These are school kids. How do I know? They have on uniforms. Don’t all kids in Vietnam go to school? No. School costs and if the parents can’t pay, the kids don’t go to school. Isn’t that grossly unfair? Hey, even our costitution only says we have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Can you find the word school anywhere in it? No. Face it – school is a tool of the capitalist class. What do you need school for? Recess? Pulling pigtails? Just kidding…

Lines – HCMC

These are some lines in HCMC. I’m not sure what type of lines they are, I just know they are lines. One thing that can be said is that they probably wouldn’t pass muster in the U.S. I’m not even sure they pass muster in Vietnam. However, one thing I can say about Vietnam is that there may not be a regulatory agency anywhere in the country. If there is, what is it that they’re regulating? I haven’t seen anything.

Halong Bay Junk

This is a picture to give you an idea of what the boat we were on looked like. It had three decks. Lots of cabins. It may not have been as nicely appointed as this one. I’m not sure as I didn’t get to go on this one to look. No problem, ours was good enough.

Me at Ha Long Bay

It’s early in the morning in Ha Long Bay. If anyone else is up, they aren’t letting anyone else know about it. It’s so early I can’t even find a cup of coffee. So I go up on deck and take in the sight of all of the junks anchored in the bay. Amazing! In the mist of the morning it all strikes me as a little surreal. Then I see the picture and the sea gull circling me. How strange…

Ha Long Bay – Coming Back

This is a shot from the boat of the stragglers coming back to the boat from out kayakinbg adventure. You can get a good idea of the scenery. Not bad, huh? But why spoil it with words?

Kayaking Ha Long Bay

Here is a group meeting we had while we were in out Kayaks in Ha Long Bay. The guy on the left is Viet, one of the tour guides. He is giving us a talk about feeding the monkeys that live on the limestone islets that you see in the backgound. The area we were in was only accessible by paddling though an opening in the rock. We were completely surrounded by the limestone formations. It was like being in our own little world. Ha Long Bay must be one of the most beautiful spots in the world.

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