The Main Branch: Back from Bali and Vietnam.

Friday, April 30, 2010

Back from Bali and Vietnam.

Vietnam. We had a good time but one definitely needs to tour. Shopping is good and cheap but it's not always easy to find one's way. Net's Vietnam (Eyewitness travel ) book helped and so did maps and questions. One still needs to have addresses written down for taxi drivers. It is very much a land of contrasts, sheer poverty, hard working lower classes beautiful hotels, including ours ,the Duxton, good places to eat eg, Jaspers and good places to get food poisoning (Yes Trevor again , on the last day and in the plane!!!!!!!!!),despite all precautions. But he will eat oysters and prawns.(Ate a huge lot on the last night ) I have told him he is not allowed to have a last day in holidays any more. The very anti-American war feeling is still there, even in young people and very evident at War Museum and Cu Chi Tunnels, yet the dollar is much asked for. Mekong cruise was an insight and showed a lot of their culture. The Cao Dai Temple with its very diverse type of religion was a beautiful place to visit. The traffic is still..... the big guy rules and bugger the pedestrian.Some beautiful homes, some disgusting places where no one should have to live . We had a great time but Vietnam really needs to cater much more for the tourist. Gary goes into tunnel