The Manufacture of Rice Paper

After touring the Cu Chi Tunnels and the firing range, I came upon this hut on my way back to the entrance of the park. There was this woman making rice paper. The mixture was poured on a heated surface and then turned onto a drying rack.

The hut was also selling sticky rice whiskey or as I called it after giving it a try, gasoline. I brought this back to Bangkok and showed it to the guys that worked in the bar. We did a couple shots of the stuff after cutting it with soda water and lime juice and it was still strong. I unfortunately forgot the bottle before I came back, but I hope that some of it will be left for a return toast in April.

HCMC Street Scenes

I took these from the front seat of a cyclo. As you can see from most of these, the primary means of transport is the motorcycle.




Approaching the Saigon River. The green and white object straight ahead is a boat.


Going into oncoming traffic.














One of the markets in HCMC.

The Vietnamese Countryside

I took these on the way from HCMC to Cu Chi. Just a few shots of the countryside in Vietnam. I'll try and get something a little more substantial up during the weekend.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 

The Saigon River

When I took a tour of the city in the cyclo, the driver took me down to the Saigon river. There wasn't a lot of ship traffic when I was there, but I took these shots.





















Definition of irony? Socialism and Capitalism together.