Vietnam Trip November 2008

Not much to say but: IT WAS AWESOME!
Take a look yourself...
Coconut man - always refreshing!
Ben Thanh Market

The old French post office - and Ho Chi Minh

Notre Dame - another French relict

Saigon rush hour

Turtle pagoda in HCMC

Two Vietnamese women with their traditional straw hats Rice paddy in the countryside

Cao Dai temple 70km north of HCMC: a very special religious mixture of Christian, Buddhist and Muslim elements. Colorful and exotic... Cu Chi tunnels in the jungle around Cu Chi: this is were the Viet cong fought against the Americans and hid. Lush forest, no chance for the foreign attackers to defeat the brave Vietnamese. Here: how to get into the tunnels...

Mekong delta trip: the river is the center of life - transport, fishing... ... and living...
... and trading...
Cute school kids on one of the Mekong islands

Short tour with canoes

Tourist tour : )Days in paradise: Phu Quoc island off the Cambodian coast, yet Vietnamese

What more could you ask for? More cute Vietnamese kids

Happy Buddha and happy Mel

Some old minority folks - the guy with the hat even spoke French (that tells about his age...) : ) Our motorbike friends and myself

Now back to Germany and so close to Christmas and Austria!

I know it was not the last trip to this vibrant and interesting and more than overwhelming country. Simply great!