Vietnam

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Some Vietnamese school girls!

 

Some Vietnamese school girls! 2

 

A street vendor in Hanoi (with the baskets)

 

Vietnam countryside

 

Motorbikes and vendors in the Old Quarter

 

 

Some Vietnamese school girls!

 

Some Vietnamese school girls! 2

 

A street vendor in Hanoi (with the baskets)

 

Vietnam countryside

 

Motorbikes and vendors in the Old Quarter

 

 

Tommy took a couple of photos of these girls, I hope there aren't laws against this...

 

 

They sold everything from fruit to umm.. fruit. Oh and hats.

 

 

 

 

Vietnamese women preparing a pommelo

 

Small kids with their dad drinking Bia Hoi with us!

 

John arrives, and flakes out in a club, 3am!

 

Eating in a locals restaurant

 

Bia Hoi, 1500VND!

 

 

Vietnamese women preparing a pommelo

 

Small kids with their dad drinking Bia Hoi with us!

 

John arrives, and flakes out in a club, 3am!

 

Eating in a locals restaurant

 

Bia Hoi, 1500VND!

 

 

 

 

Enter John, Tommy's equally 'sane' friend fresh from teaching in South Korea. I was tasked to show him around

 

(oh and drinking Bia hoi too!)

 

The women who bought us Bia hoi, 1500 Dong a glass! (10 US cents)

 

 

John, Tommy and me, and umm Bia Hoi!

 

David Beckham is huge!

 

Uno with the Vietnamese locals!

 

Train from Hanoi to Sapa

 

Train from Hanoi to Sapa 2

 

 

John, Tommy and me, and umm Bia Hoi!

 

David Beckham is huge!

 

Uno with the Vietnamese locals!

 

Train from Hanoi to Sapa

 

Train from Hanoi to Sapa 2

 

 

Note the David Beckham poster!

 

In Vietnam two English phrases are universal 'David Beckham' and 'Manchester United'!

 

Lets just say explaining the rules was a job!

 

View from the train in the morning, a 9 hour journey

 

I went 'hard sleeper' on this which means I got a bunk bed in a carriage. very comfy ... on the way back we took the hard seats (even the locals thought we were nuts!)

 

 

Train from Hanoi to Sapa 3

 

Local house - Sapa

 

Group of us out drinking in the street café's 4am - Sapa

 

CRASH!

 

Me drinking in the street....

 

 

Train from Hanoi to Sapa 3

 

Local house - Sapa

 

Group of us out drinking in the street café's 4am - Sapa

 

CRASH!

 

Me drinking in the street....

 

 

 

They may live in a wooden hut but they do need their satellite TV more!

 

We were just having a quiet drink when...

 

There was a motorbike accident, one guy was pretty bashed up but run away so we took a photo of the reg plate in case the police didn't believe us!

 

...and a girl whose name I've forgotten!

 

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