Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Vietnam

More pictures...a bit delayed and i have more to come, just not enough time!
We are loving the coconuts, a nice change from water and they look great! We are also loving the cocktails at the moment but they are not much cheaper than in the UK!
There are so many workshops for art students in Vietnam, tonnes of them! they all paint replicas in amazing detail rather than their own pictures. it was amazing to see the dedication.
Fish Market
A sample of the many currencies i'm carrying around
We visited the war remnants museum in Saigon, it was very hard hitting, lots of photos and personal stories. We were almost in tears most of the time! Brilliant museum..definitely recommended

im sure Tony can tell us all what kind of tank this is...
These guys hanging around sleeping and hassling us are considered "employed"
Stunning post office building
Nadia, Leigh and Liz..was great to meet up with the girls we met in Chaing Mai..we had so much fun that we decided to stay another day! Thanks for a lovely few days in Saigon :)
Nha Trang
Seafood corner restaurant in Nha Trang..cant believe i ate these as im so fussy about fish. they looked like little snails..eughh! but tasted nice once i got past that!
Beautiful Nha Trang beach..although Hoi An was probably a bit better :-o
We did an Easy rider tour, we went out to some of the villages and saw some of the crafts. It was a really fun afternoon..we are making beach mats in this pic, surprised they let us help for so long as we were very slow!!
My driver
hehe
making noodles
famous Vietnamese hats
My delicious "make your own" spring roll..i was stuffed on these and they were so so cheap!
A woman making the rice paper that we used to make our spring rolls

3 comments:

Soggibottom said...

American, M48a1, 88mm main armourment with 2 50cal machine guns.4 crew.
X Tony X

Sparky said...

I went to that Museum! and the Post office weirdly enough! (not intentionally, I sort of just walked in!) Only a few days til I see you. Can't wait! x

Rebecca said...

haha thanks Tony...i will know who to call if i ever have to "phone a friend" about tanks! hopefully i've fixed the comment settings on here now so should be able to reply! xx