ITS RUDE TO STARE – BUT THE VIET’S DO IT ALL THE TIME
The Radical
15th Nov 2018
AT ANYONE DIFFERENT TO THEMSELVES –
BUT THE VIETS DO IT TO FOREIGNERS AND I MEAN IN HA NOI NOT THE RURAL VILLAGES
I SMILE BACK OR SOMETIMES MAKE THE SIGN THAT I AM TAKING A PHOTO OF THEM, WHICH MAKES THEM LOOK AWAY
IT’S IGNORANT TO DRIVE UP BEHIND SOMEONE WALKING IN THE
GUTTER, BECAUSE THE PAVEMENTS ARE BLOCKED BY RUBBISH,
BIKES, CARS AND FOOD STALLS, THEN HOOT LOUDLY AND
CONTINUOUSLY ON A HORN AS THOUGH YOU WANTED THAT
PEDESTRIAN TO GET OUT OF YOUR WAY – CARS AND BIKES DO IT.
IT’S A DIRTY HABIT TO SPIT IN THE STREET TOO
ITS DISCOURTEOUS and BAD MANNERS TO PUSH IN FRONT OF
SOMEONE IN A QUEUE OR BEING SERVED IN A SHOP.
OF COURSE THE SHOP ASSISTANT SHOULD TELL
THEM TO WAIT BUT THEY ARE AS BAD AND TRY TO SERVE
TWO CUSTOMERS AT THE SAME TIME
BUT THE VIETS DO IT TO FOREIGNERS (AND OTHER VIETS)
AND IF YOU CAN’T TREAT VISITORS WITH A MODICUM OF RESPECT –
AS VIETS SELDOM DO,
THEN DON’T INVITE THEM.
COURTESY COSTS NOTHING – BUT VIETS THINK IT DOES
SAY GOOD MORNING TO A VIET AND YOU WILL AS LIKELY AS NOT BE
IGNORED.
THAT IS NOT THE SAME WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN.
ONE LOCAL SHOP WAS PLAYING LOUD RAP MUSIC DAY
AND NIGHT. I ASKED OUR HOST TO DEAL WITH IT
BUT SHE DECLINED, SO I DID.
I MADE HIM AN OFFER HE COULDN’T REFUSE.
NOW WE HAVE PEACE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
READ THE BLOGS ON THE NET.
THE RADICAL AND RENE ARE NOT BACKPACKERS
WHO GET SHORT CHANGED BECAUSE THE
VIETS KNOW THEY TRAVEL ON A BUDGET.
AND IT IS NOT BRITISH ARROGANCE
NOT ALL VIETS ARE THE SAME
WE CAME HERE HOPING TO HAVE A “SOCIALIST” HOLIDAY
LEARN SOME OF THE LANGUAGE WHEN OUT OF NECESSITY
WANTED TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES OF LIFE
NO ! WE BRITISH DID NOT INVADE VIETNAM
WE HELPED RESCUE THEM FROM THE JAPS
UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS
ALL FOREIGNERS ARE NOT EXPOITING CAPITALISTS
MY HOPES WERE TO :-
LET CHILDREN ASK ME QUESTIONS
TALK POLITICS
MEET THE PEOPLE
HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY —
BUT I KEPT MYSELF TO MYSELF
MOST OF THE TIME
AS WE AM NOT COMING BACK HERE IN A HURRY
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN
THE LONG MARCH COMPLETELY ROUND TRUC BACH
THE LITTLE LAKE NEXT TO HO TAY.
TRAFFIC STILL HORRENDOUS AT 06.30
PASSED TRAN QUOC TEMPLE and the EXCUSE THAT IS THE AMERICAN MEMORIAL
WHICH I DID NOT CROSS THE ROAD TO BOTHER PHOTOGRAPHING
WE SAW OUR FIRST VEHICLE ACCIDENT
A CAR KNOCKED A MOTOR BIKE RIDER OFF HIS BIKE WHICH WAS LADEN
WITH A 4ft WIDE BOX ON THE BACK SEAT.
NO POLICE – JUST EXCHANGE OF NAMES ETC AND MAYBE CASH
NO MAJOR INJURY AS THE BIKE RIDER WALKED HIS BIKE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD>
LOVELY SEATING AND LOTS OF PENSIONERS TAKING THE AIR
HOME TO BREAFAST AND SLEPT UNTIL 12 NOON
THEN TO THE MARKET.
WHERE THE STALL HOLDERS WERE BEDDING DOWN FOR A SIESTA.
ONLY MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN GO OUT IN THE MIDDAY SUN
HOME FOR SOUP AND THEN MORE SHOPPING
WE ARE HERE FOR 14 DAYS – FLY OUT AT 20.00hrs SUNDAY
ARRIVE UK 0620 MONDAY – IMSHALLAH – WE FLY OVER THE THE NEAR EAST & MIDDLE EAST
SO THIS IS MY LAST HA HA NOI
SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME …….
YOU DO KNOW WHAT VIETNAM MEANS ?
MEN OF THE VIET TRIBE –
SEXIST TO THEIR LAST AND IT SHOWS