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Our visit was a little different than in the past. Since the ship docked in a port two hours away from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and an hour from Vung Tau we decided to stay close to the ship. We just weren’t up to a long, hot bus ride. The temp was 970f and high humidity. Here are some pictures from our port area. Hopefully next time we visit this area we’ll dock in Da Nang or Hanoi.
The view from our veranda. You can see how low and flat the costal area is.
We were in a very busy port.
These sampans go throughout the port selling fresh vegetables, fruits and other items to the ships’ crews while they load and unload.
Local fishing and transport
What do you use for a scaffold to wash windows when you don’t have one?
I did ask our table companions for some of their pics since they went to HCM city. Some local area shots. A mix of traditional and modern city.
Since I didn’t have much to report on our adventures I’ll add another thing we did. Noreen is on a first name basis with the jewelry store manager. They had a featured items fashion show and he asked Noreen to join as a model. Here they are picking out her matched set of ear rings, necklace and ring to wear.
A little champagne preparation.
Showing her collection to the ladies.
The bottom line was that Noreen had just under $225,000 worth of jewelry on for the show. They had guards on the lifeboats to make sure she didn’t take off. All in all it was a lot of fun though I don’t know if she sold more than she bought……just kidding.
Now on to Singapore.
Ken & Noreen
thought the one "local transport" pic was interesting in that the gentleman appeared to be rowing his boat with his feet!
ReplyDeleteYou have mentioned Noreen's collection much. What pieces has she added? Would love to see pix of those too!