driving around local style

after 2 weeks i figured out that the masks we were wearing were not intended for pollution control...instead for sunscreen. the paler the skin the more beautiful! if you look more closely you can see the (blue) ballroom gown gloves they wore to protect their arms from tanning!

searching for the house i lived in, in Saigon

February 28th 2005
our last day in vietnam together. i had been away from mom for 3 days in cambodia. it was refreshing but i missed being with mom. so i took an earlier flight to ho chi minh city to meet up with mom and my cousin dong's house. mom was glad to see me as she was taking her usual post-lunch afternoon nap. i woke her to go explore saigon to try to find the house that i was raised in....the one w ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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