Chuc Mung Nam Moi! Happy New Year...Again

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January 31st 2009

Published: January 31st 2009

When is the last time you honked the horn in your car? A week ago? A month? Here in Vietnam, you cannot go one minute on the road without hearing a cacophony of earsplitting horns. The roads are an amazing spectacle of transportation chaos. Motorbikes outnumber cars twenty to one. There seem to be millions of them. They fly through the streets at breakneck speeds at mere inches from each oth... Read Full Entry

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1st February 2009

Mom
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Happy New Year
OMG! sorry Meg, but I had to laugh at Jake's story of the curb falling episode - totally something I would do. Just reading about the tunnels gave me the same eerie feeling. Kind of a dejavu for Iraq and Afganistan. Will we ever learn? Are you eating the srteet vendor stuff? Sounds magical. Have fun and enjoy every minute. Love you guys...

1st February 2009

Mom
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Have you tasted Pho yet?
What is your favorite Vietnamese dish?

4th February 2009

Rod
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Hey Guys, Sounds like a great trip so far. I love eating street food when I travel. Must be kinda strange being in a country we tried to bomb into the stone age. Weathere here has been like spring for a month. Getting dry. I say go for the diving thing Under water is a whole new world. Make sure it is a PADI course or similar thing. Nita sends her love

4th February 2009

JakeEd1
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Hey Rod and Nita! Its been awesome so far.. It is a bit strange being in a place we bombed into oblivion, but it seems like the collective mood is "forget about it and move on." Only at the My Lai Massacre site did we say we're Canadian haha. But I read 60% of the country is under 30 years old, so its a very young country thats on the move. Much more developed than its neighbors, Cambodia and Laos (so I've been told about Laos- I'll see in two weeks). Anyways, thanks for keeping up with us! Hopefully I'll have some stories to match yours at the next campfire!

4th February 2009

karl
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Jake you are seriously talented with your writing! wow..! There was just a job posting for Australia to go do actvities and blog about it. Use this as your resume and take meggy poo for the ride! That damn nokia sound intensified must have been nuts! Meg, did you get up and yell "SHHHHHUUUTTTT UPPPPPPPP!" hahha AKA TJ. I can't decide which is my favorite picture. It is either meg driving the motorcycle and you in the cart attached or Meg leaping in the ocean when scuba diving. What a crack up! Well, just wanted to say I fully enjoyed the blog! Thanks Jake! mu ta kin yahhonehooee (Happy New Year to you too!) :)

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