Sunday, February 27, 2005
vietnam roll call
1. motorbikes everywhere
2. people sleeping comfortably balanced on parked scooters
3. ladies in pointed conical straw hats
4. pho (noodle soup) for breakfast
5. tailor shops by the hundreds
6. hot pink dragon fruit with white and black centre
7. unsolicited and unecessary 'lunch breaks' on tour buses
8. flower beds, cut flowers, flowers in the markets
9. tet celebrations from feb 8 to 12
10. being ordered 'YOU sit HERE' by tour guides and waiters
11. locals saying 'same same but different'
12. spring rolls: a vietnamese delicacy
13. very tall and thin multistorey houses and hotels
14. entire families travelling on the same motorbike
15. being invited behind the counter to help in post offices
16. strong iced coffee with condensed milk
17. describing things as 'mini'... mini bar, mini hotel
18. being given business cards in shops, hotels and restaurants
19. baguettes and laughing cow cheese for sale on street corners
20. karaoke, karaoke, karaoke
21. most popular song: anything by abba
22. travelling on 'open tour' tourist buses
23. guides, guides, guides - inescapable for everything
24. 1000 travel agents all called 'Sinh Cafe'
25. 1960's time warp palaces
26. white baseball caps
27. women wearing face masks everywhere
28. vegetable crackers, the cheapest snack
29. ATM transactions limited to 70 quid a go
30. remenants of french colonial architecture
31. honda om motorcycle taxis
32. 'total victory' and similar patriotic captions in museums
etc etc.
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2. people sleeping comfortably balanced on parked scooters
3. ladies in pointed conical straw hats
4. pho (noodle soup) for breakfast
5. tailor shops by the hundreds
6. hot pink dragon fruit with white and black centre
7. unsolicited and unecessary 'lunch breaks' on tour buses
8. flower beds, cut flowers, flowers in the markets
9. tet celebrations from feb 8 to 12
10. being ordered 'YOU sit HERE' by tour guides and waiters
11. locals saying 'same same but different'
12. spring rolls: a vietnamese delicacy
13. very tall and thin multistorey houses and hotels
14. entire families travelling on the same motorbike
15. being invited behind the counter to help in post offices
16. strong iced coffee with condensed milk
17. describing things as 'mini'... mini bar, mini hotel
18. being given business cards in shops, hotels and restaurants
19. baguettes and laughing cow cheese for sale on street corners
20. karaoke, karaoke, karaoke
21. most popular song: anything by abba
22. travelling on 'open tour' tourist buses
23. guides, guides, guides - inescapable for everything
24. 1000 travel agents all called 'Sinh Cafe'
25. 1960's time warp palaces
26. white baseball caps
27. women wearing face masks everywhere
28. vegetable crackers, the cheapest snack
29. ATM transactions limited to 70 quid a go
30. remenants of french colonial architecture
31. honda om motorcycle taxis
32. 'total victory' and similar patriotic captions in museums
etc etc.
.
// posted by courtney and pete @ 10:27 
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well said that Landlord - I have been moaning about this for ages. 'Nam films are one thing but those of us just a teenie bit older than the Landlord remember nightly TV news pictures of a vicious war that seemed to go on forever and then the US lost! ffs - to use your favourite expression - and yet you make it sound safer than Botolph Claydon on a good day!. To put it in context, imagine how you would feel if I said we were off to Bagdad for a weekend city break!! More gory detail and less of the travel brochure stuff please.
Dad W
Dad W
I see you are going to Bali soon. May I recommend swanning up to the swankiest hotels for the day and availing yourself of the facilities, at the cost of perhaps buying lunch there, or a cocktail. The Ritz Carlton is particularly spectacular, especially the fully clothed waiters walking into the pool with cold slices of watermelon. There is good table tennis table as well.
as regards all this vietnam stuff, I am not sure why we have to live in the past with all this talk about war and films. More on the tailors, and especially any diamond jewels... (that last comment from the lovely Juanita of course)
as regards all this vietnam stuff, I am not sure why we have to live in the past with all this talk about war and films. More on the tailors, and especially any diamond jewels... (that last comment from the lovely Juanita of course)
Hi guys! We are now in Thunder Bay...you are in Viet Nam. Be careful!!
Mom and Bry
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