By any standard Vietnam is truly an exceptional place to visit. Perhaps it is its turbulent past that provides this solid foundation of hope and spirit for its future. Vietnam is somehow redefining its own identity.
I actually read something in a book before going there that said something like this: What's the difference between going to the casino and making business with a vietnamese? The difference is that at the casino you a least have a chance of not to loose your money!! Maybe that is a bit of a stupid introduction cause I felt it was a question of time before something would happened. The funny thing is of course that it never happened. I more experienced the opposite. I took a cab and the meter started at 12.000 vnd and it stayed there all the time and when I reached my destination the guy said give 5.000! Its not a fortune but I felt very as if I was welcome in Vietnam.
I went to the coast and rented a small Honda Dream and cruised up the coastline. It was steaming hot and I got a bit lost and then I suddenly had a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. Pretty uncomfortable I should say! Then some locals turned up and helped me getting the bike to some kind of garage. That day I got invited to a party, one of the best dinners I ever had. I'm not quite sure what I ate and believe it or not I was to scared to ask. In the end they explained they were fishermen and I went fishing all night with them on their beautiful little green boat. They didn't catch that much but that didn't seem to bother them at all. What an experience!
I could go on and on but I guess if I say that I've been back for times it somehow indicates how I feel about Vietnam.
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Mar 8th, 2009
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