RETURN TO VIETNAM
April 12th 2011 We started hearing the wail of the ship's horn at 5am--so I knew we were getting close to beautiful HaLong Bay. Because of the rock formations which fill the Bay, the horn had a perfect echo. The little fishing skiffs were out in force and they definitely don't like to pull up their nets just so some fancy boat can pass unimpeded. We have been to this area of Vietnam five times but we still marv
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Bob
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BUFE black market
In Saigon Circa 1968-72 a contract refrigeration ship looped from Phillipines bringing food for troops in Vietnam (mostly commissary, embassy etc) stopping at major ports from DaNang to Saigon about every two to three weeks. In Saigon the ships Pilot House would be loaded with BUFEs destined to USA via the highest bidder in the Phillipines. Very popular at that time. By the way the F in BUFE usually stood for f__king :-)