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| Danish cookies in a street stall in Thai Van Lung |
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| Simone will never have to go without again... |
Top Ten Favorite Things in Vietnam:
(November 2003)
- Cheap Beer
- Vietnamese Food
- Cheap Italian Restaurants (Cappuccino!)
- Free Internet at work (my own computer; can you imagine a TEFL job with
your own computer?)
- Guesthouse does my laundry; irons my shirts, folds, etc. They also
clean the room once a day.
- Vietnamese coffee - with or without the condensed milk.
- Crossing the street - makes you appreciate life.
- Trying to speak Vietnamese and not say anything offensive
- Happy People - you've really got to see it to believe it.
- Cao Dong Park in the morning - filled with people running, university
students practicing how to assemble and dissemble rifles, people practicing tai chi and wu shu; a nice walk in the morning.
Top Ten Heinous Things in Vietnam:
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Taxi Drivers - not as bad as Manila but far, far worse than
Cebu some are very nice but you can see this city is getting that Manila - style "edge"
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Crossing the street - also makes you appreciate the fact
that you can lose your life very easily...
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| Simone in front of a statue of somebody |
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| in the center of the roundabout by the Renaissance Hotel |
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| Setting up a stage for the SEA Games |
| The view to the right of our window |
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Happy birthday mr. Thierry!
We tagged along with the staff from Underground to The Corner Cafe to celebrate Thierry's birthday. I think most of them
speak for themselves...
| Nice smoke effect! |
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| Michael, Thierry and Emile |
Chuc Mung Nam Moi!
On Tet eve, we battled with everyone else in Saigon for a nice spot to watch the fireworks over the river. Our sweet spot
turned out to be right at the end of Nguyen Hue st., thank you, Ray-Ray, for leading us to salvation.
With the fireworks and all, Tet actually felt like New Year to us!
| In front of some yellow flowers |
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| Simone & Ray-Ray on Nguyen Hue st. |
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| Dragon dancers, Nguyen Hue st. |
| Congregation of cops in their parrot uniforms |
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| on the rotary by Nguyen Hue st. and Le Loi st. |
| Lucky man on stilts |
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| On Le Loi st. |
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| Tiger dance on Le Loi st. |
| Filipino pose in Vietnam?! |
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| Eating ice cream at Kem Cafe on Le Loi st. |
Cholon
One day during Tet we decided to take a stroll through the deserted streets and - lo and behold - we ended up in
Cholon. We saw many tiger dances. Most of them in front of beauty salons. Cholon tiger dancers must really like beauty
salons.
| Our alley |
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| all decked out for Tet |
| Tiger dance |
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| In front of a beauty salon |
Happy birthday, Earl!
Earl's New Year's letter for 2004
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