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March 12th 2006
Published: March 13th 2006
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The main part of my trip to Vietnam was the bicycle ride from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. That took a month. I only detoured once off Highway One and that was to Phat Diem. Phat Diem is the home of a celebrated cathedral, which is remarkable for its vast dimensions and superb Sino-Vietnamese architecture. During the French era it was at the heart of Catholicism in the north. It suffered when s... Read Full Entry



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The completed product undercover drying.
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Beautiful rice fields.
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The actural planting of rice. The seedlings are thrown around the paddy and then the worker plants them in rows.
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Pepper plant.
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Preparing a rice paddy.
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Most bomb craters are filled in and leveled but here you can see the remains of one.
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Mike Meyer with water buffalo. That is him in the white hat.



1st July 2006

amazing blog!
i have looked for many great blogs on vietnam and yours really stood out, at first i was a bit confused with all the relations(finally i understood). its nice to get a preview of what i will see again since i wont be making trip there until summer of 2007. i braving myself for the weather and traffic :/ last time i was there, i had serious food poisoning...

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