Vietnamese Life

 

The Vietnamese language was impossible to understand and limited our interactions to those Vietnamese that spoke English. A small number of French, English and Vietnamese words and a numbering system from 1 to 10 were the verbal tools we used when someone did not speak English. The numbering system was a sham because if you were not #1 (good) then you were #10 (bad), if they used any other number, you were #10, but they did not want to tell you. I left Vietnam not understanding it and what we were doing there from the Vietnamese point of view. I saw they worked very hard and struggled to eat enough. My interactions were mostly with village and rural people so my comments apply to them.

The final 11 pictures were taken by a college roommate, Clark Chipman, when he visited Vietnam as a tourist. The first 4 are taken in the Cao Dai “Vatican” in Tay Ninh, the next 4 are traps for American tourists that want to “learn about the war” and the final 3 are the “Black Virgin’s” ode to tourism.

Photos

 

Viet Cong Truck

Difficult

School

New building

Respected Elder

Babysitting

Night Work 1

Horsepower

Repair Shop

Roadside

Busy Street

Tay Ninh City

Night Work 4

Rice harvest

Main Drag

City life

Night Work 5

Working late

Village Road

Shaded lane

Hidden Treasure

Mosquito

Tay Ninh City

Not New York

Coconuts

Big ones

Move On

Local traffic

City Scape

Mud road

American Aid

Tin roof

VIP Home

Big Shot

Open Air Restaurant

French style

Flying Low

Moving fast

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