Blogs from Thanh Hoa, North Central Coast, Vietnam, Asia

V posledni predvanocni kapitole se nasi udatni šlapači vydaji z hor obyvanych mensinami opet do nizin hemzicich se kovanymi Vietnamci a tentokrat i turistickymi europoidy. Po 200 km nefalsovaneho a ryziho venkova, kde se budou moci Eliska se Stepanem uhellouovat, dorazi do velkomesta Ninh Binh, ktere je proslule svou nezajimavosti a zvysenou koncentraci prirodnich a kulturnich pamatek ve svem okoli. Je tudiz oblibenou zakladnou zahranicnich turistu. Posledni den naseho tridenniho presunu do Ninh Binh jsme si to slapali po prasne ceste, mijeli bananove hajecky, ryzova policka a stadecka horoleznych koz, jejich maso patri ve zdejsim kraji k vyhlasenym specialitam, kdyz tu se jeden z nas ohledl doleva přes rameno a malem spadl z kola. Svážek, podel ktereho jsme uz nejakou dobu jeli, koncil asi 3m zdi, ktera mohla ohranicovat treba dum nejakeho vietnamskeho zbohatlika. Ale neo ... read more

They told me I was goin' down to Vietnam. Up until that moment I had never heard of it before. Had to go look at a globe to see exactly where that was. -John D. Recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Vietnam. John D. worked as a ski lift operator in the winter months and ran a fishing boat out of San Diego in the summer. He had a mild manner and a sometimes distant look when he talked about the past at the twelve-step meetings I drove him to a few times a month. He seldom talked about the war at all, but the more he exposed about his life leading up to and following a certain event, the more I was curious about the scars, the rumors, the medal, the moment.... I wanted ... read more