VIETNAM
Top 3 pictures are from when we visited a "White Thai' village about 3 hours drive from Hanoi. It was interesting but has become too commercial.
I wonder if Google know this. But what can you do - asking them to change (even legally) would be a waste. Just have to take it as good advertising.
This is a view of the Soccer game we attended in Hue with a shot of the 'sound section' in action.
We saw a road that had a small silk shopping complex in HCMC and this was there.
From memory this was when we went to visit the tombs in Vietnam. We knew that the Nazi Swastika was a reversal of an ancient Asian symbol.
Me going down a Viet Cong foxhole. I got down OK but couldn't get out!!
In Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) we saw all the Tet (New Year) lights.
More from HCMC.
Heading towards the floating village in Cambodia.
Angor Wat in Cambodia. Notice how brown and dry it is. And hot!!
From the afternoon we went to the 'Airbenders' house.
L-R his grandaughter, the 'Airbender' Christine, his wife and me.
Us with the 'Airbender' (far right) and his wife and grand-daughter plus a friend
who is a martial arts expert.
Taken from our Hotel at Hoi An -it had great views.
Christine at the silk worm factory.
At the Citadel in Hue and typical of the poor and dangerous maintenance throughout the country. They need a marketing person to tell them how to run their tourist attractions - tidiness, safety, get rid of the overblown staffing (they have the staff but are putting them into the wrong areas - checking tickets instead of cleaning).
A market in Hoi An.
Typical of the loading - or rather overloading.
On the river at Hoi An as part of the Tet celebrations.
Hoi An. The first time we went down this road it was jam packed with vehicles but when the end of Tet came it reverted to a tourist friendly motor vehicle free area and was policed accordingly.
A little bit of ingenuity. They used a plastic bottle to protect the electricity from the rain.
A little bit of propaganda. They had various signs up but we got the impression it was all just for show and ignored by the people.
More in the market at Hoi An.
The river at Hoi An.
From The Citadel at Hue.
Another shot of the river at Hoi An.
The dot in the top middle on the grass is a water buffalo grazing.
The Cinnamon Hotel at Hanoi.
