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Fountain in Hanoi.
Traffic chaos.
The opera house in Hanoi.
Staute & electronic billboard in Hanoi.
I have not perfected the use of chopsticks, but I can now eat an entire meal with them.

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The view from atop one of the many peaks on Cat Ba island.
Me, completely exhausted after hiking to peak.
Kids in a boat, Ha Long Bay.
Lenin.
Did I really post a second picture of this?

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Yummy, octopus! It really tastes good.
Inside a cave in Ha Long Bay.
Me, Ha Long Bay.
Dogs, fish farm, Ha Long Bay.
Fishing boats, Cat Ba Island.

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So...that's why they call it the One Pillar Pagoda.
In a small park.
Wide selection on the menu. But since chicken is always the cheapest, I didn't eat Fido.
Ha Noi at night.
Tourists boats in the harbor, Ha Long Bay.

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Outside the market where my flashlight mysteriously disapeared from the side pocket of my backpack.
Structure in the middle of the lake in Ha Noi.
Outside Ho Chi Minh Museum
Ho Chi Minh mausoleum. Couldn't take pictures of the body.
Palace

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Closer still to Ba Ho Falls.
Finally Ba Ho Falls. It took us about 4 hours to get here, because we chose to enjoy the river along the way, rather than walking the trail. The trail would have taken about 1/2 hour.
Me under Ba Ho Falls #1.
Ba Ho Falls #3 was a let down. We could not swim there.

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Vietnamese guys playing a board game on a tourist boat.
View of Nha Trang bay from the aquarium.
The aquarium. The ugliest use of concrete ever!

Relaxing in the water, near Ba Ho Falls.

Even closer to Ba Ho falls.

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This is one of the ugliest buildings I've seen. But Nha Trang is a nice place. At night, they have concerts and plays here in this square, next to the beach.
Fishing boats in Nha Trang.
Woman heading to the water to do her business.
Man at the water's edge...
Soccer action, at the opening of the 2008 tournament. I was invited to the match by one of the coaches. His team did not win.

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Some important government building in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
Notre Dame cathedral.
Random street scene in Saigon
Exhibit at the War Remnants Museum, formerly known as the Museum of American War Crimes. Yes, major US bashing here.
People going fishing in Mui Ne.

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Tin statue of Ho Chi Minh in either Can Tho or My Tho. I don't remember. They all start to look the same.
Market in either Can Tho or My Tho.
Boy selling pop to tourists passing by at the floating market.
Rice paper drying in the sun. This is cut in thin strips to make rice noodles.
Man on boat, in canal surrounded by water coconut.

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Stairway to a rather lavish temple, on the mountain near Chau Doc
Statue at back of temple.
Woman in a boat in the Mekong River Delta. They really do wear those hats.
Man in a boat/house in Mekong River Delta.
This is what scares me. Those leafy greens on your plate were probably washed in the river.