Bai Tu Long Bay
Floating Village
Tourist trap I couldn’t get out of
Oysters waiting to be seeded for pearls
Seeding oysters is like performing surgery
One of many amazing vegetable carvings created by the chef on our junk boat
another junk out for a spin
Christmas Eve cave dinner
Amazing cave
Santa with two of his reindeer
Me, in love with the cave
Santa came to visit back on the boat
And then there was an impromptu rave – which looked this crazy
Most of the vendors on the streets of Hanoi are women like this one
One of many sidewalk parking lots for motos
An upholstery shop that specializes in moto seats
Civet coffee – haven’t tried it, but can’t imagine it is better than regular vietnamese coffee, which is the BEST
Hanoi Hilton
This woman wanted to get her picture taken with me
She was at this temple with her class, taking graduation photos
Incense remnants
Wedding dress of different tribes around Vietnam
Me, giving these a try
How electricity is metered
and how it’s delivered
Rice paddy in fog, number five million
Hoi An shop
The round fishing boats on a beach near Hoi An
Women harvesting morning glory in Hoi An
Lantern-laden streets
Legend says these eyes help scare off the monsters underwater
Locals say the eyes help drunk men tell which end is the front of the boat
Santa, getting ready for New Years
More electric labeling – in case you need to know what’s connected to this pole
Closing down the market in the evening
A cemetery for North Vietnamese War Veterans
Bending the wood for boatmaking
Carving the eye
Shell images to be used in wood carving
Incense drying
Incense sticks awaiting incense application
Me, giving it a try
Dyed reeds, waiting to become woven mats
Rice paddies, not yet planted
A more traditional cemetery
Saigon at Night
Outside the ‘palace’
Remnants of the war room
Communications center in the bunker
Rice in the market
Our market snack –
Steamed clams with lemongrass
Rice
Making rice paper
Harvesting rubber
I’m in that tiny hole…it’s a tunnel entrance
sample traps for the South and US forces
and, of course, the shooting range
Outside the War Remnants Museum
Modern Saigon skybar
Worth Packing In 