VIETNAM

Every once in a while, we come accross something or someplace that really tests my limits. Vietnam had a few of those. It was the BUSIEST place that I have ever been. The capital city of Saigon has over 4 million motorbikes which make crossing the street a real task. The 10 million people in the city makes it less than the cleanest place on earth, that is for sure. I can remember one meal in Saigon where we were watching cockroaches being chases by geecos on the tables and wall while waiting for our meal. That is a new limit even for me! Drinking from the bottle with the Colbra in it also was past my limit- sick. Ty had a glass of that wine (it is called snake wine...no thanks) One of the only things worse than seeing a snake for me would be to drink a liquid that a snake has been sitting in for a couple of years.

My last limit that was crossed was just outside of Saigon at the Cu Chi Tunnels. The tunnels that were done during the Vietnam war. The soldiers would hide out in there to avoid the bombings. There were two ways to get into them. You can see a solider sliding into one in the picture and you could also just crouch down and go in. You cannot stand up in the tunnels and they are pitch dark. Sometimes you even have to crawl through them....for-get-it! I kicked it into reverse out of that thing so fast....I am sure I set an Olympic record for moving in reverse as soon as I saw how small and dark it was. Ty- as you can see from some of the pictures did not have trouble with these things. Vietnam was cool, but definately pushes the envelope with comfort levels. It does have so many interesting things about it and the beaches (although we were forcing it by wearing a bikini in the winter) were beautiful. White sand and basically you had the beach to yourself.