South East Asia vacation: Part 2

Vietnam - with my new friend Jenn!
*worst – traffic
*best – old town feel

Hanoi


*French influence in buildings

*Street markets like Thailand
*Tricylce guy – the nerve of this guy to harass me to take a ride, slapped my arm as a 'joke'!?
*Toilet handle flushes UP!
*Culture is Chinese influenced
*Sells cigarettes in restaurants!?
*City tour – Ho chi minh’s mausoleum - a seriously long line for a literal walk-by creepy visit to the corpse of the President, in the heat on a sunday afternoon...
Temple of Literature, President's Palace, city park, Hoa Lo Prison (was it really the "Hanoi Hilton"?!)

*Unintelligible shirts??
*TRAFFIC…and motorcycs – nearly died every time i tried to cross the street!? NO stoplights or signs…no turn signals used! *they really seem to AIM for
pedestrians!?
*Honking is constant and CRAZY annoying!?
*Embroidered masks worn everywhere for pollution problem...and pretty funny looking!

*Giant trees on street – conveniently located next to Wood product shops!
*Sidewalk haircuts – sidewalk motorcyc mechanics – sidewalk lunches...

*Water Puppets (and "crappy" fan!) - the famous water puppet show (cheap and something to do - but not great) was a good time filler and got a free fan that smelled like dung!? :(

*Facebook addiction…! my new friend Jenn got me hooked and now i can't stop!!
*The ultimate massage - foot massage with heating pads on your back and kneecaps!! whoohoo! :)

Hoi An

*Small town feel – French influence (baguettes and cheese!) yummy!

*Above ground cemeteries - creepy

*Big toe socks! - alien like!

*Vietnamese girls school attire

*Tailors: BeBe Designs 11 Hoang Dieu St Hoi An – Vietnam.
Tel: 0510.861010-212670. Email: bebe_clothshop@yahoo.com

*Copied books - cheap cheap books that are photocopied!
*Black out for a few minutes on the street!
*My Son Cham ruins (and rude tourist!) - this guy needed cash for the tour ($10) and i offered to help him out. he said he would pay me back and convientently avoided me at the end of the tour and took off!? how rude!

*Nice old lady with Whistles!

*Hoi An Old Town – World Heritage sight

*Fat Buddhas
*Sasquatch sandals! Can you believe it? I found my size! just kidding - but i couldn't resist this picture after my namesake! :)

*Goodbye to my 9 year old sandals… i had my black strappy Kmart man sandals for 10 years - they saw me through many hikes and overseas missions trips but it was time to say 'goodbye' - and they were smelly, dirty, and had no more room for them in my bags!

What a trip...now off to Cambodia!!