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Vietnam

Posted by Bita | 29th July 2009

Vietnam is doing so much better than Cambodia. Roads were paved, no trash in sight, no sign of prostitution, and children didn’t beg for food. Of course as in any other place in South East Asia, street hawkers won’t leave you alone, but they seem to be fed, and everybody seems to have a scooter and a cell phone.

I had to convince Lennard to go to Vietnam because he, being an America and in the military, had not-so-applealing images of Vietnam associated with war. Besides, he didn’t know anybody who had taken a vacation in Vietnam. But I, being a teacher in Korea, knew plenty of people who had been to Vietnam and who had interesting stories to tell. Lennard’s impression of Vietnam changed after the second day, once he got over people’s stares in Nha Trang.

Our first destination was Nha Trang, the beach city. But since there is no international airport in Nha Trang, we had to fly to Ho Chi Minh City first. When you land in Vietnam, expect a rush of heat and mist, sudden thunderstor

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