Vietnam Countryside
© Photos from the album of Linda Young
First impressions of Vietnam early in the morning as we leave the Seabourn Pride are of the river banks and the small boats floating close to the small dock that we are approaching. On closer inspection, we see people on the tiny decks, as well as laundry hung to dry, pots and pans, and other signs of life at home. From there we climb into the car with our guide and head for Hanoi -- crossing waterways with lilypads and other colorful boats, seeing the greenest rice fields with a handful of scattered workers, admiring brightly colored two story "narrow houses" in a charming style, gazing at wedding tents with their archway of yellow mums, and taking in hundreds of mopeds with up to six people astride. It was an amazing sight to see the mopeds and bicyles with who-knows-what piled up and across them, the damsels with a mask to protect their fair skin from the sun, and the sheer orderliness of all these two-wheeled vehicles at all times, as if they were in a parade, and they had all practiced their positions to keep them precise.
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