Gallery: Christmas in Saigon and Moored on the Mekong Delta!

Posted by Steve on January 16, 2010, at 6:40 am | Category: Photos, Vietnam | Leave a comment

Sitting proud on an American M41 tank, destroyed in landmine in 1970. Also a geocache!
Sitting proud on an American M41 tank, destroyed in landmine in 1970. Also a geocache!

After a fleeting visit and two extremes of Cambodia we were looking forward to a month in the famous lands of Vietnam. Cautiously optimistic about the country our first stop was the capital, Ho Chi Minh, where we would be spending a hopefully merry Christmas and an excursion to the Mekong Delta. We immediately loved the place, but like all countries it still had its moments. Did we find Christmas dinner? Just how big is a Mekong Catfish? Why on earth would we be ecstatic that Vietnam is an ex-French colony?

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A Random Travel Photo!

The religious leader, a man transformed into a bat, was depicted on metal breastplates, pendants and bells, on stick heads carved out of bone and on pottery objects.The religious leader, a man transformed into a bat, was depicted on metal breastplates, pendants and bells, on stick heads carved out of bone and on pottery objects.
The religious leader, a man transformed into a bat, was depicted on metal breastplates, pendants and bells, on stick heads carved out of bone and on pottery objects.

Random Travelling Notes

In most of South America, you don’t have to start paying property tax until the building is complete. Hence the significant majority are blatently using an unfinished story as their final roof!