Halong Bay |
Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City, The unending traffic - with no stoplights in sight |
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Embroidery workshop of Ms Dieu Trinh |
Notre Dame Cathedral, circa 1880 |
Sidewalks work well when the streets are full |
Reunification Palace |
Nighttime traffic scene |
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The Municipal Theater |
Searching for snails |
Inside the General Post Office |
School children exchanging hellos with Mimi |
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Looking out of a car window is never dull |
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The sights changed as we traveled to the Mekong Delta |
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Family burial grounds in the rice fields |
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The crew for our cruise on the Mekong River |
Sights at the local floating market |
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Watercraft still serve as main means of transport for many in the delta |
The river provides water for many purposes |
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Tending the dormant rice fields |
School children on their way home |
Cao Dai temple in the Mekong Delta |
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Arriving in Hue |
Home-hosted lunch at a royal garden home |
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The Citadel and Imperial City |
Regal gate of the Imperial City at the Citadel |
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At the Tomb of King TuDuc |
Khai Dinh's Tomb |
Stone mandarins in the Court of Honor at Khai Dinh's mausoleum |
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Prayer ceremony at Ba Mat pagoda |
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Thien Mu (Heavenly Lady) pagoda |
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Crossing the mountains toward Hoi An |
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Along the East Sea |
Fishermen with a reed boat |
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Hoi An is known for its crafts and custom-made clothing |
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Creating a lacquerware painting |
Finished products on display |
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350+ year old Japanese Covered Bridge linked Hoi An's ethnic Japanese and Chinese communities |
Incense being sold by the side of the road |
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Ha Long (dragon descending) Bay |
A floating village in the Bay |
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Reconstructed junks sail the waters |
Fishermen tending their nets |
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Hang Sung Sot (Grotto of Surprises) Caverns on Soi Sim Island |
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Inside our junk |
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Lunch menu |
Tai Chi being demonstrated on the "sun" deck |
Harder than it looks! |
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Sugar cane alongside the fields |
Our biking/walking trip to the village of Mai Chau |
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Inside of a large, traditional house in the village |
The Kitchen area |
The wonderful meal prepared for us |
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Mimi and our guide, "Johnny" |
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Communal laundry area |
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School girls wearing the traditional ao dai |
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The streets of Hanoi |
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Shops and services spill onto the sidewalk |
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Having an afternoon smoke |
War Remnant Museum |
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Preparing snails |
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Hoa Lo Prison (Hanoi Hilton) |
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John McCain has made 2 trips back to where he was held captive |
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The Great House of Ceremonies at the Temple of Literature, parts of which date back to 1070 |
Gate of Great Success |
Inside the beautiful Museum of Ethnology |
The faces that remain with us long after our trip ended |
Memories of our trip / Vietnames urban life - just a blur. |