Finally Sent to Vietnam

"Made in Vietnam" sign with a cycle guy barreling down on us.We arrived in Hanoi and one of my first thoughts was, I could've died in this country and probably would have had it not been for getting a high number in the federal draft lottery that meant not ever going to 'Nam. Now it's a thriving city with capitalism blossoming everywhere and a currency with even more zeros to manage. We're here for the next nine days, so hopefully we'll find something to do and rave about. You know how much we loved to rave, don't you?

But this time around I wasn't sent so much as simply arrived after many hours of waiting for the place to show up. While not as busy as Bali with its nefarious mopeds everywhere, there's a sense of excitement in the air with Chinese New Year coming up. Here, a guy on a moped carts an orange tree perched on his little seat. These orange trees are everywhere and a reminder of the up-coming Tet celebrations, which is the Chinese New Year.Orange you glad you don't have one?

Mopeds, Mopeds everywhere and not a seat to spare.And speaking of being on a bike, Hanoi has got its own form of decentralized transport with fitting in at many as you can on the bike.