Friday, March 27, 2009

VIetnam







We spent five days in Vietnam, two of which I spent on the Makong Delta and the other three in Ho Chi Minh City. It was surprisingly much like Thailand, or at least the part of it that I experienced, and the people were so friendly.
I got a dress made in Ho Chi Minh city, and also visited the Vietnam war museum and the Cu Chi Tunnels where the Vietnamese soldiers lived during the war. It was pretty unreal to see how horrible it was. The traffic in Ho Chi Minh was absolutely crazy! The streets were constantly a sea of motor bikes, we even used them for taxi's...that was probably my favorite part of the trip. I think I could have done a better job making the dress though.
I went to the Makong Delta for a couple of days where we basically just toured the river. The portion we went to was where the floating markets were. People live in their boats with everything that they own, also doing business from them. They had dogs, laundry hanging, hammocks to sleep in...it looked soooooo cool, I kind of want to live on a boat now. Maybe one day.

1 comment:

michelle said...

Jess,

I look forward to you posting pictures-so fun to see! I also like the name change no matter how long it took for you to come up with it.

-mom