re: #325 Romantic Heretic

On another note I had a cousin who biked through Vietnam in the late 90s. As a Canadian they didn’t mind.

She was warned that under no circumstances was she to leave the road. Not because it was illegal. But because there was so much unexploded ordnance that it was likely she’d be killed or maimed if she did.

I dearly loved being in Vietnam in 2002 for our adoption. Saigon remains a very cosmopolitan community and there was a delight in being able to go to a Pho soup store across the street from the hotel for breakfast, to a used bookstore for later, to excellent museums, and to hang out with the vets (ARVN, NVA & VC) I’d met and drink coffee on the sidewalks. Like the best of Europe and Asia in a small little bundle of joy.