Travel Gallery > Vietnam and Cambodia, March 2010
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Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, Hanoi. He hasn't aged a day since he died.
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Presidential Palace, Hanoi. The building was built by the French, and was their colonial administrative center until 1954.
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The gardens around the Presidential Palace, Hanoi.
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"Hello!"
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Pat and Mike's travelers get an up-close view of village life.
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Still farming the traditional way. No combines in sight.
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Ha Long Bay, Southeast of Hanoi. Yes, it looks familiar because it has been the scene in a lot of movies. "Bond. James Bond."
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They like colors. Bright colors.
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A tight sqeeze. Too tight, in fact. We turned back before going under.
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Imperial Hue, in central Vietnam. The city was celebrating its 1,000-year anniversary, as the sign indicates.
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Still colorful after all these years. Hue.
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Not quite the same as the dragon boats of Portland.
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800-year-old pagoda, Hue.
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Hoi An is a lovely town, a UN International World Heritage Site. This is the Japanese Bridge.
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There was a commotion on the other side of a fence. I couldn't see over, but I could lift my camera up and point down... and this is what there was to see. Some kind of religious ceremony, obviously. Hoi An.
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The Pat and Mike's Travel group, at the ancient Cham ruins at My Son, central Vietnam.
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Hai, our guide in Vietnam. Yes, he had a great sense of humor! My Son ruins, Central Vietnam.
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Pat and Mike's travelers, the better half. This followed an absolutely fabulous lunch.
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One-stringed Vietnamese cello, during an afternoon musical performance.
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It doesn't hurt to be a snake charmer on our trips. (The snake wrap was optional, promise!)
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Sometimes you stare down lunch, and then again sometimes....
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This was shot at a little village market, but the smiles were ubiquitous.
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China Beach, of G.I. R & R fame.
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Notre Dame Catherdral, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
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Soccer with a Coke bottle.
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Hmmm... good luck with that phone signal.
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Typical Saigon street scene. Bustle is constant, night and day. As is delicious food.
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A Pat and Mike's intrepid traveler braves Saigon traffic in a pedicab.
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As big as this looks, it was even bigger. Dinner criuse?
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One of our group tries out a guerrilla soldier's tunnel entrance at Chu Chi, near Saigon. The openings were so small, and so well concealed that you could walk over it and not know it was there. Amazing.
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Part of the floating market at Can Tho, on the Mekong river.
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A private dancing performance at our farewell dinner (before heading to Cambodia).
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Guardians at the gates of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Years of archeological work has gone into reconstructing much of Angkor Thom, as you can see here from the lines in the stone work. (Unlike Angkor Wat, which was mostly intact when "discovered" by French archaeologists at the turn of the 20th century.)
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An Apsara Dancer--a heavenly manifestation of the Buddha.
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These ancient sites were still in regular use by the locals (and Buddhist tourists). Little shrines like this were very commonplace.
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Sunrise at Angkor Wat. Amazing!
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A Pat and Mike's traveler finds a shady place to contemplate the enormity of Angkor Wat and surroundings.
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Monks can be tourists, too. I believe this fellow was Thai.
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An evening dance performance in Cambodia. Here is a modern take on an Apsara (Heavenly) Dancer.
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At the "Jungle Temple", another ruin in the area, the trees had grown on, in and around the 1,000-year-old structure.
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We merry few at the Jungle Temple, Cambodia.
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That's certainly one way to get around the Angkor sites!
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On Tonle Sap, the giant fresh water lake in Cambodia.