boating in Viet Nam

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deltabighat

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I just spent 8 days in Viet Nam, mainly in Hanoi, Danang and Hoi An and I can tell you fishing is supreme. We were on several big rivers and the type of fishing ran the gamut from very, very few rods and reals (almost none) to nets and traps of all kinds. Most of the boats were very small wooden, dug out type craft either rowed or run off what appeared to be one cylinder diesel engines that sounded much like to boat in The African Queen. There were also a million round, tub like crafts that were used in various ways. They were made out of reeds and then were epoxyed or glassed on the outsides. They used one oar to get around with. Everything that came out of the river was eaten or used in some way and the markets on the streets were jammed with every kind of fish, crab, shrimp and eel under the sun. The people were very nice, the country beautiful and the prices unbelievabley cheap. The river areas reminded me of the delta in many ways. An interesting trip for those who might be interested and no, I wasn't there during the unpleasantries of the early seventies.

DBH
 
Last time I was in that part of the word I was using a film camera and then lost some film, did you get any pictures of My Son Temple? Hope you had a good trip, was it pleasure or tourist? Can you get flights straight through or did you travel via Bangkok.
 
We did get to the Cham Temple in the mountains out of Hoi An. The Viet Cong used that valley as a staging area so the US military nearly wiped it out but much of it remains. We flew from LA to Hong Cong and then to Hanoi. I do not know of any direct flights but I did not make the plans and do not know for sure. Great trip and for the first time in any of my world travels, I just did not feel like bring a camera along, nor did my brother. Odd but it worked out well. We were just tourists on vacation wanting to see somewhere we thought would be very interesting. What were you doing in that part of the world.

DBH
 
Last time I was in that part of the world is the last time I ever want to be in that part of the world. Hanoi is a dirty word in my world.
 
Mike,

Understandable........also, anyone who is a Guy Clark fan is ok in my book.

DBH
 
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