**UPDATE 01/14/2005 - LEAVING VIETNAM **
Closing out the Vietnam leg of the trip...was
only planning on spending 10 days, but time is flying and
will have spent 18 days in this interesting country...After a stint of losing
$250, Ipod and camera breaking
down, forgetting my artwork on the bus and my video
camera being on its last leg...I've out lasted my
toys, and managed to stay in one piece and enjoy
myself...pretty interesting country with all its war
history and communist cloud still hanging, and seeing
capitalism quickly infiltrate the culture and people....anyone here over the
age of 40 has
experienced some form of pain from the war...
Was thinking about some of the snapshots
of my travels
here: police randomly searching my hotel room while I
was sleeping, some girls I was traveling with swore
they saw a dead body on the road one night between Hoi
An and Na Trahng (confirmed by a few people I met
tonight that saw bodies as well), popular saying from
locals when describing something "same, same....but
different", very young kids here just born to sell
postcards or whatever, having the killer meals/beer
for about a buck (US), beautiful countryside of Dalat,
early morning sunrise at the red sand dunes in Mui Ne
beach, and traveling up the Mekong River into
Cambodia...pretty killer stuff....Will head up the Mekong into Phnom Penh, the
capital
of Cambodia tomorrow am....should be in Ankgor Wat in
a few days and then close out this leg of the journey
in Laos (supposedly amazing scenery that has yet to be
bombarded with tourism)....then will be completely
stoked to hook up with you, Ed and get on with the
surf leg of the trip.... tons of travelers saying how
killer Australia and New Zealand are...Tony
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Floating Market, Mekong River
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Mekong River
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Mekong River Scene
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Mui Ne beach... Sand Dune Sunrise
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