Thursday, December 22, 2016

Saigon December 22, 2016

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The telephone repairman carries everything he needs on his 50cc including a ladder.





Crab Soup





6.9% home loans.

Even the street sweeper has a cell phone.  The Internet is $9.

I love Bamboo


We have street idiots of  both genders.  The police ignore them whatever they do which would be shocking elsewhere. 

An elderly couple who walk/exercise on their top porch often, even at night.


Teeny fish and excellent. 

11 comments:

  1. Damn I think I would probably stay there after seeing this.

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  2. Brock,

    I am insanely jealous, once again. The food looks amazing!
    What is the egg and rice dish with the tomatoes?

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  3. :) Actually, I just told them I wanted fried rice with a sunny-side egg and they added tomatoes. There doesn't seem to be the exact same dish in Vietnamese, but it translates as:

    Egg fried with rice fried and tomato.
    trứng chiên với cơm chiên và cà chua

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    1. Forgot. This was 1/2 as there was another egg and slices of both tomato and cucumber.

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  4. You are enjoying your trip. Does it temp you to stay? I think you've missed it. :-)

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    1. :) We shall see. The perfect time would have been in 1999 when I could have bought a villa confiscated from one who fought against the Communists for $82K. 4 story, on street that dead-ended on a park with many embassy rentals. Now it's $400K+. :( All I had in the states at that time was an RV which I had stored on Camp Pendleton for $50 a month and my household goods for $120.

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    2. Ah, well, our fortunes rise and fall, but our experiences and memories are with us forever. Take care my friend.

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    3. Brock, if we do see a collapse of China/India in 2017 or 2018... (I was expecting sooner), then housing prices could also fall in Vietnam.

      Just my thoughts. Or they could continue to rise of course.

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    4. our experiences and memories are with us forever.

      Most fortunately.

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    5. a collapse of China/India in 2017 or 2018..

      Good point and I'm just getting ready to post about a Chinese company who is moving to the states because it is cheaper!

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