Posted by Sigismund on February 28, 2008, at 1:19:12
In reply to Re: Dissension » Sigismund, posted by TexasChic on February 27, 2008, at 21:38:31
It's in Ha Long Bay in Vietnam, where there is a lake inside an island. Perhaps it's limestone?
We went there 10 years ago.
The Vietnamese people (especially in the north) were the friendliest I've ever met, perhaps because they had been so cut off.They would say 'What do you like about Vietnam? What do you think of our standard of living?'
I felt that anyone was interested in talking to me, you know, people on ferries, people anywhere.
We took our kids and they coped beautifully. One day breakfast was sweetened condensed milk on bread (not bad bread, french influence) and our son balked, saying it was too much.
We came back on a 4 hour bus ride to Hanoi and he waited until the bus stopped, got out and vomited.
I was so impressed. Good manners in the Japanese style.
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