Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Mass Dancing in Ho Chi Minh City


Iced Coffee with Jackfruit

In our opinion, not quite as good as Cambodian coffee…but certainly a unique flavor.




Entering Vietnam




Vietnam





Capital: Hanoi
Population: 90,388,000  (13th)
Language: Vietnamese
Government: Marxist-Leninist Single Party State
Area: 331,210 sq. km.            (128,565 sq. mi.)     (65th)
Currency:  1 VND=$0.000047 USD/0.05 KRW

Exiting Cambodia



A Bad Omen


If only we had heeded these words more wisely…

It reads:

"Goodbye Vietnam!  You are full of thieves and cheats.  If you are going there, watch out!
Same same on the Cambodian side!"

(was scrawled inside of a bathroom stall at the border crossing between Cambodia and Vietnam)


Our Bus Ferrying Across the Mekong River


Less privileged locals and beggars were even on the ferry banging on the windows asking us to toss money and the small bread sets the bus company provided us out of the windows to them.