Vietnam is growing on me, and I'm certainly glad to be here for a while.
Yesterday I went on a 1 day outing to Halong Bay - and a long boat trip round some of the fantastic islands there. I'll let a couple of pictures try to give you some impression, but the reality is better. We landed briefly on a couple of islands and explored some equally impressive caves. We were a harmonious bunch of about 20 people, half of them Vietnamese, and my new best friends for the day were the four Lychee Girls in one of the pictures (3 from Singapore, and 1 from Vietnam). I'm down to meet the Singapore team again later today to visit the water puppet theatre - whatever that is.
It is a pretty long drive to Halong Bay (about 150km) and of course journeys like this in a strange land are interesting in themselves. It is clear that what I have seen of Vietnam is a basically fertile land of rice paddies that is very rapidly transforming into a dynamic new economy. There is mile after mile of hi-tech factories, many in production and just as many being built. The infrastructure is already pretty good too, with lots of investment going into that as well.
A rather depressing comparison with what you see driving around central Scotland!
Special thanks today to Wei Wei, Chris, Edelyn and Diep for your very pleasant company!
Yesterday I went on a 1 day outing to Halong Bay - and a long boat trip round some of the fantastic islands there. I'll let a couple of pictures try to give you some impression, but the reality is better. We landed briefly on a couple of islands and explored some equally impressive caves. We were a harmonious bunch of about 20 people, half of them Vietnamese, and my new best friends for the day were the four Lychee Girls in one of the pictures (3 from Singapore, and 1 from Vietnam). I'm down to meet the Singapore team again later today to visit the water puppet theatre - whatever that is.
It is a pretty long drive to Halong Bay (about 150km) and of course journeys like this in a strange land are interesting in themselves. It is clear that what I have seen of Vietnam is a basically fertile land of rice paddies that is very rapidly transforming into a dynamic new economy. There is mile after mile of hi-tech factories, many in production and just as many being built. The infrastructure is already pretty good too, with lots of investment going into that as well.
A rather depressing comparison with what you see driving around central Scotland!
Special thanks today to Wei Wei, Chris, Edelyn and Diep for your very pleasant company!
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Alan, we got your postcard. Keeping up to date with your travels...very ipmressed and love the beard !! Hope to see you in July. Mary & Co.
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