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 All a bit French I reckon.Me and Wend were incredibly wary of going to Vietnam. We had heard tales of how hassly it was, .. |  The view from the street cornerBeautiful tree-lined narrow streets, with athousand Honda scooters zooming past you. But, .. |  A noisy blur of red headlights......and a cocophoy of honking horns. They blare their horns not because you are getting in their .. |
 Our friendly cyclo driver who smiled and fleeced us for 5 times the correct fare......but when it's 3 pounds for a 3 hour tour and he was probably a non-Communist ex-soldier who's .. |  Vietnamese flag fluttering outside the Ho Chi Minh museumThat day we were also lucky enough to see his embalmed corpse a few meters away. He glows orange .. |  Just to prove it's not all glorious sunshine......me and Wendy looking very bedraggled at Ho Chi Minh World. .. |
 We really have had some very wet days hereUsually it's glorious sunshine in the morning - when we are sleeping - and by the time we've had .. |  It's true - they really do wear those pointy hats! |  One Pillar Pagoda. Self-explanatory. |
 This bridge is the symbol of Hanoi but I appear to have forgotten it's name. Nice tho'! |  After all the temples of Thailand and Laos it was a relief to come across a bloody great cathedral. |  Almost the Marais in Paris |
 But all this sightseeing can take it out of you......Wendy has a well-earned siesta. |  Nice red window on an old pagoda |  Uncle Ho is everywhere. |
 Funky graffittiWe were told that it's actually people advertising their trades (such as pulmbing or .. |  The Laughing CowOne thing the French left in Indochina was the Laughing Cow which is as omniprescent as the .. | |
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