Random thoughts...

Lacey:

    It doesn't cease to amaze me how the Vietnamese people live. I wonder, with all their little street vendors/stands/shops, how they can make a living?  As you walk along the streets, all of these vendors seem to be "hanging out." They never seem to be that busy (unless it is a street vendor during the morning rush!); sometimes you will find them taking a nap while waiting for the next customer to pop in!  You see how cheap their products are and think about how little they must live off of and how simply they must live.  Most of these little shopkeepers, live right in their stores. The Vietnamese don't seem to have glorious high hopes and dreams of fancy things and travels far away. They are content with what they have. They live in a crazy, wild city, but they don't seem to live in the crazy madness of a world like us, consumed in "things."  The shopkeepers and people at their shops never seem to have a schedule or be in a hurry to get anywhere...unlike the insane traffic in the city going on around them.

    I also feel there is a lack of consciousness of space. People will run into you or walk straight for you and not get out of the way. No one says excuse me or let you go in front of them. Traffic is the same, times 100! No one would ever stop and let you in. You have to go in front of vehicles otherwise you would be stuck for hours!  The difference between the calm and carefree attitude on the sidewalks and the whizzing of the streets is baffling to me.

    The people watching here is something spectacular!

A guy taking a nap in between hair customers....I think this is where I will get Lance his next hair appointment!

 Bun Cha - an amazing noodle, bbq pork and eggroll dish!