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Vietnam_880S0480_Woman carrying a heavy load_


Vietnam_880S0488_Vietnamese flags can be seen in front of almost every home and shop_


Vietnam_880S0492_The Japanese covered bridge in Hoi An_


Vietnam_880S0496_Man pulling a cart on the streets of Hoi An_


Vietnam_880S0497_Man pulling a cart on the streets of Hoi An_


Vietnam_880S0499_Hoi An is lined with hundreds of clothing shops where you can get virtually anything made for only a few dollars in just a few hours_


Vietnam_880S0504_Lights of the restaurants across the river of Hoi An_


Vietnam_880S0509_The staff of our favorite restaurant - the Mango Rooms_


Vietnam_880S0512_Bikers passing by in the night_


Vietnam_880S0557_Student wearing the Ao dai costume_


Vietnam_880S0564_The Ao Dai is a traditional Vietnamese dress with pants_


Vietnam_880S0575_Looking into one of the Chinese pagodas in Hoi An_


Vietnam_880S0579_Entrance to one of the Assembly halls in Hoi An old town_


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Vietnam_880S0588_Slices of dried squid, dried shrimp and dried minnows in the market_


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Vietnam_880S0598_Fresh veggies for sale. Now we know why our food here is so fresh!_


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Vietnam_880S0610_Old woman in her boat chilling out - smoking a cigarette_


Vietnam_880S0613_1_Out on the river with a large fishing net_


Vietnam_880S0623_Two women row down the river in Hoi An_


Vietnam_880S0626_Women on the river_


Vietnam_880S0629_This woman was picking arm fulls of some kind of vegetable growing in the water near town_


Vietnam_880S0636_Mario in his new suit!_


Vietnam_880S0641_One of the old Army jeeps now used to transport tourists to the My Son temples_


Vietnam_880S0643_Girl performing in a traditional Champa dance_


Vietnam_880S0646_The girls danced very elegantly and slowly with the fans_


Vietnam_880S0658_The Champa kingdom ruled ruled from the 4th to 13th centuries_


Vietnam_880S0663_Man playing an instrument in the Champa performance_


Vietnam_880S0675_Another traditional Champa dance_


Vietnam_880S0684_The remains of a temple at My Son_


Vietnam_880S0685_Doorway into one of the temples_


Vietnam_880S0686_The Viet Cong used My Son as one of their bases during the war_


Vietnam_880S0687_Because of that, many of the temples were destroyed by bombs_


Vietnam_880S0691_Stone carving left relatively intact_


Vietnam_880S0708_Us in front of a temple at My Son_


Vietnam_880S0711_What wasn't destoyed by bombs, was left to the jungle_


Vietnam_880S0713_Bomb amongst the Champa artifacts_


Vietnam_880S0714_View of one of the larger groups of temples at My Son_


Vietnam_880S0717_1_Wave shaped mountain_


Vietnam_880S0720_1_Path leading back to the jeep at My Son_


Vietnam_880S0723_There were so many types of butterflies on the path but this was the only one that we could photo while it kept still_


Vietnam_880S0724_Another temple buried in the jungle_


Vietnam_880S0732_These fishermen would dredge up the bottom of the river, then dump the water on their boat and filter out the good stuff_


Vietnam_880S0736_Communist reminders are everywhere here!_


Vietnam_880S0743_Men in a woodworking shop carving furniture and small figurines_


Vietnam_880S0746_Hoi An waterfront_


Vietnam_880S0757_Women in a makeshift sailboat_


Vietnam_880S0763_This little cat at the internet shop looked just like Indy, and meowed like him too!_


Vietnam_880S0764_Colorful Ho Chi Minh City from the airplane_


Vietnam_880S0767_We strolled through a large park on our walking tour of Saigon_


Vietnam_880S0768_F-4 plane at the War Remnants museum_


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Vietnam_880S0771_UH Huey helicopter at the War Remnants museum_


Vietnam_880S0777_The Notre Dame cathedral in Ho Chi Minh City_


Vietnam_880S0780_Inside the French style post office - Ho Chi Minh's pic is on the wall, as usual_


Vietnam_880S0802_Chinese dragon at one of the pagodas in Cholon, China town_


Vietnam_880S0803_Incense spirals burn, hanging from the ceiling in the Chinese pagodas_


Vietnam_880S0808_Inside a pagoda in Cholon_


Vietnam_880S0809_We stopped by several Chinese medicine shops in Cholon_


Vietnam_880S0811_A popular item for sale seemed to be snake wine, with a real cobra on the inside_


Vietnam_880S0814_Another pagoda in Cholon_


Vietnam_880S0821_Man measures out numerous herbs in his shop_


Vietnam_880S0822_Snake Wine - it says it is good for rheumatism and sweating of the limbs_


Vietnam_880S0825_Shop owner measures out more herbs, making sure to follow a recipe_


Vietnam_880S0834_We passed a rubber tree plantation on the way to the Cu Chi tunnels_


Vietnam_880S0835_The Viet Cong used many traps including this one with bamboo spikes waiting at the bottom_


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Vietnam_880S0840_A guard demonstrates getting in and out of the tunnel entrance_


Vietnam_880S0843_Mario decided to give it a try - a tight fit!_


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Vietnam_880S0848_There was a demonstration on how to make rice paper_


Vietnam_880S0853_Jaimie going down one more level into the tunnels. The tunnels run for 250km total and are all connected._


Vietnam_880S0855_There are 3 levels in the Cu Chi tunnels, going down a maximum of about 30 feet_


Vietnam_880S0856_Mario in the tunnels - it was a really good idea to bring our flashlight!_


Vietnam_880S0858_The Cu Chi tunnels were used by the Viet Minh in the French war, and later greatly expanded by the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War_


Vietnam_880S0861_They are very tight and you have to duck down the whole time. It's hard to believe people lived here for weeks at a time._


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