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October 4th 2007

Published: October 4th 2007

Despite a not so pleasant sleep at the Hong Kong Airport, my excitement brought my body back to life as our wheels touched down on the Saigon landing strip. As many of you know, Tam, a long time friend of mine, was born and lived the earlier part of his childhood in Vietnam. I spent many high school weekends at Tam's house harassing his younger sisters and devouring every morsel of food his moth... Read Full Entry

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a husband and wife fishing the river

Vietnam War Museum

more of the War Museum

A picture of Ho Chi Minh mounted on the museum wall

Golden Buddha Statue

I love the hats

A full view of the Temple

Tam and her ride

Buddhist gather to pray in the temple

Tam prays and places her incense in the pot

When looking at the picture later, I realized that there was a spirit hovering over Tam's head.......naaah...it's just smoke.

At work building sand bags

Local transportation at the Mekong

This beach is a hidden gem

Food vendor

The chaotic streets of Saigon

Behind me

Check out this lady carrying her child - yeah, that's safe

All over the streets are families on motor bikes with women carrying infants to little kids standing on the seat behind daddy - it's crazy!

The Mottos lined up and ready to go

A Vietnamese lunch

Lady making rice paper

That's what the spring rolls wrap is made from

Scooping out the popped rice

4th October 2007

zac
non-member comment

Good stuff
First off, I knew Tam was a woman's name (you can tell by the way he screams), just mess'n Tam. Well, sounds like you've had another successful leg of your trip. Keep up the good stuff and stay safe; by the way, did you miss the typhoon that hit where all the people were being evacuated? Hope so. Until next time. Take it easy brotha.

4th October 2007

TAM
non-member comment

I'm so glad you got to see Nha Trang. The beaches there are prettier than some of the ones in Hawaii. Crazy, drivers those lil people are. Viet Tam is all wrong "Tam" means "good-looking" or "handsome" when you are talking about a guy, j/k. Safe travels.

17th October 2007

YEN (one of Tam's younger sisters)
non-member comment

Yay for Vietnam!
Hey Curl, So glad you included Vietnam as one of your stops. I'm even more impressed that you made the trek to Nha Trang! I can't wait for a return trip there. Maybe we can even join our family when we make the trip back. The food is great, the beaches are beautiful, and the drivers are WILD! Best way I would describe traffic in Vietnam: organized chaos! Did you get some freshly pressed sugarcane drink? Try and get one while you're in SE Asian. Have some much fun and be careful out there in the world! PS- I think Tam means pin, toothpick, or stake. Maybe your pronunciation of Tam sounded like the word for heart in Viet...haha- all of y'all are wrong!

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