Vietnam and Thailand '08 day 3
Quieter day today, had a good look around Ho Chi Minh museum, which covered his life from early days at school and as a student near and in Hue, through his struggle for independance from the french achieved in 1949 and the unification of Vietnam in 1969. He died in 1969. Known as Uncle Ho, he is revered throughout the country.
Next did the whole riverside walk on the south bank followed by an early evening meal at Bloom Restaurant. This is staffed by students in support of an organisation called 'Aid to Children Without Parents Inc'. Very clean and smart, excellent food and service, friendly as it seems everywhere/one is in Vietnam, I think I'll be coming back here.
Traffic lights in Vietnam have a digital display of how many seconds remain before lights change, red reducing seconds when on stop, green when on go. What a good idea I thought. Quite a few moped riders ignore red lights of course, especially when turning right. As previously reported, the rules of the road appear to be optional. The fact that they drive on the right does not mean that nobody drives on the left. There are very few cars in Hue so it is mostly mopeds and bicycles and they have developed great skills in avoiding collisions with other mopeds, cars, bikes, wandering english pensioners, etc.. Crossing the road is exhillerating stuff.
A very pleasant day.
If we could all be as happy as people are here, the world would be a better place. It's a really nice place to be.
So best wishes for happiness to everyone,
John
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