Vietnam experiences?

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rick m

Meeting and courting my wife in Ben Tre. Helping her raise my lovely step-daughter, and at the end of the summer, meeting our new born son (born last wednsday !) :-)

Oh yeah, almost forgot, the great friends I've made there, The beautiful beaches and scenery, the fantastic food and,,,, did I mention my family ? lol

MojaveDan

I have too many great Vietnam experiences to list, but there's one that I will never forget.

Hai Hau Beach near Thai Binh

A little Vietnamese girl with a real mean attitude took me there after I almost clocked a distant uncle for disrespecting my favorite uncle while he was performing a ceremony for the re-internment of my ancestors to their new graves. She didn't want to take me, and I didn't want to go with her because I met dozens of nicer girls in Hanoi a couple days earlier. She was about the only person of everyone that I met in Vietnam that didn't want to have a thing to do with me. Also, her English was so bad that it almost wasn't worth talking to her.

It took over an hour to get there from Thai Binh as we went down roads that water buffaloes would have difficulty walking on. We came to a place that looked like it was something that would be on a small Caribbean island. Dozens of restaurants lined side-to-side a couple hundred yards along the beach from the main road. One thing that was missing was people. We were just about the only ones there.

We walked around the beach for a few minutes then decided to eat. While ordering the freshest seafood that I ever had in Vietnam by that time, the little Vietnamese girl chews out the restaurant owner. She scared the be geezers out of me, and made me wish that I were back in Hanoi with the nice girls again. She didnâ€™t stop there. She chews me out for inviting our driver to have lunch with us. The only thing that stopped me from running away from her is I was twice her weight and I could probably take her if it came down to it.

After indulging on our fabulous seafood meal and drinking a few beers, I felt the little Vietnamese girl might be at ease enough to have a conversation. The first thing I asked her was why she chewed out the restaurant owner. Apparently, the guy tried to serve me rotten fish. She saved me from getting sick, and this would be one of many more times the little Vietnamese girl would save me from trouble while on my trip.

We decided to take another walk on the beach after lunch. The scenery was surreal as the setting sun touched the clouds in the distance and created every color there could be. I realized that I was holding her hand, but I donâ€™t know when or why I did that. The most perfect romantic moment in my life was upon me. Then a loud voice in my head started yelling â€œKISS HER!!!â€

I had been happily single for all my up till then. I had wooed many women, and knew how to be cool in every situation with a woman. Nothing could have prepared me for what was about to happen to me. One kiss, and everything in my life from that moment on changed. I literally felt my mojo leave my body, and I felt that I had found the one for me. A few more kisses confirmed it, and we were married about a year later.

Visiting the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum doesnâ€™t even come close to that experienceâ€¦

P.S. Rick - Congratulations for the new entry into your family.

Traveler

. We stopped our bikes at the end of the road by the river the other day. Out in the middle of no where. In minutes we were surrounded by kids saying "hello, Where you from?" the mothers came out a few minutes later and they are bringing out food and laughing. A few minutes later the men came out bringing the rice wine. We had a full on party going and didn't understand much of what was said. But... we knew that they were really friendly and they treated us like Rock Stars. Just amazing.

Another time we were up at Hai Vang Pass. I think that's spelled right. This a grim place with huge forts strewn up and down the side of the mountain. The area controlled the entrance to the Danang valley so it was strategically important. The French built there and then the Americans used the same forts and built more. There are 11 major fortifications that are all shot up with bullet holes and bomb craters all over them. The mists blow through the gap so it is sort of foggy and very forbidding. You can just imagine people fighting and dying all around the area. Ghosts are just around the corner and yet... You can see all of Danang spread out below in the sun and its really beautiful. Its and odd combination of beauty and horror. Spooky

ong jon

..now thats not fair .how is anybody supposed to "top" rick m & dan ? in viet nam they fell in love with someone who loves them back.... yes i fell in luv w/ viet nam, but half the time i'm there "she's " breaking my balls ! lol
hai vang pass ? i get car sick everytime i go through there....
and "rick m" chuc mung chuc mung ! chuc con be suc khoe , hanh phuc ,suot doi.

LEAVING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

dani ng

that is a peace and beautiful country.

Purple Tactics

The fall of Saigon

Khang N

that was in 1990 did we go 2 catba island . the beach was fantastic,pll were innocent .that was a long gr8 journey .....today there's almost no more isolated island like that

Facing Worlds

when the US beat them

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