Sunday, May 7, 2017

Last Post From Saigon May 8, 2017


 Peanuts and dried, tiny fish!  Excellent and I don't know why this wasn't thought of before. :)


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 .75 cents for one liter of rice whiskey 70% alcohol.

The proprietor and daughter.

My going away gifts, peanuts from the daughter :) and 2.5 liters of 90% rice whiskey from her mother.

90% rice whiskey is checked by seeing if it will burn when lit. :)

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9 years old and can run the stand by herself when her mother has to leave.
 

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 Goodbye to my three sweeties above. :)

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11 comments:

  1. I love the great looking meal pics you always post.
    Man that all looks great!
    Good to see the responsible 9 y.o.
    Would TPTB allow that in the states?
    Recently, found a good Vietnamese restaurant in the Cincinnati area: Pho Kimmy.

    Papa

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    1. Thanks too bad the Pho isn;t the same price a it is here!

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    2. Being back here now I realize that she was but six!

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  2. I'm gonna miss the posts, Bud, 'specially the groceries! But I reckon you'll be glad to get home again. I 'spect you'll
    be back to RVN again, too. I enjoyed the pix, and couldn't help wondering if I'd ever met some of those lovely older ladies?

    --4Branch

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    1. couldn't help wondering if I'd ever met some of those lovely older ladies?

      I thought the same about the second lady up from the bottom. She's 65, speaks OK English and is 'purty too!

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  3. Brock, when do you hit the friendly skies? ( sarc )
    Leaving a pretty much civilized way of life for one which
    is questionable. Sad for you to go but glad you got to go.

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    1. Leaving a pretty much civilized way of life for one which
      is questionable. Sad for you to go but glad you got to go.

      Thank you and quite true. Looks like the Far East will be the place where people keep their customs and accept a limited amount of foreigners.

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  4. Brock,

    go visit Angkor! You should get a gig as a tour guide. I bet that'd be great fun.

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    1. :) I bought my Mother a temple rubbing in 1969 and now have it.

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