Ben Thanh Market, Saigon. Our first meal in Saigon being prepared: shrimp and rice vemicelli soup.
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Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral
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Street Scene in Dong Khoi neighborhood
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Interior courtyard of the Saigon Institute for the Blind. (Hour-long massages for d40,000!)
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Somewhere along Doung (street) Pham Ngu Lau, Saigon: we ducked into an open storefront when the skies opened.
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...and waited for a while as it poured.
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Pounding rain did not slow down Saigon's traffic at all.
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...nor did rapidly flooding streets.
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Rest stop on the way to Cu Chi and Tay Ninh.
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Rest stop on the way to Cu Chi and Tay Ninh.
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Rest stop on the way to Cu Chi and Tay Ninh.
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The view out our tour bus front.
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The only stretch of clear, unbusy highway we would ever see in Viet Nam.
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Nominally a sightseeing break on the way to Cu Chi: a rubber plantation. (Actually a cigarette break for our guide.)
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Our tour guide and driver/mechanic.
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Rice paddies and cloudscapes: the view from the bus window.
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2004-09-17 23-46-20Rice paddies and cloudscapes: the view from the bus window.
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