Presented here are some photos taken during the trip with a little bit of reforestation and local repartie thrown in for good measure. This memorial to Ho Chi Minh is in the center of Hanoi. He is much revered by the Vietnamese people. Visits to this memorial are a privileged reward to students who are doing well in school. Unfortunately, our schedule prevented us from visiting it.
Bicycles are everywhere in Vietnam.
Everyone rides a bike, some have small motorbikes, and a few have cars. Traffic is unreal by our standards with traffic coming at you from all directions in intersections since they don't have stop lights in most places. Remarkably, no one ever seems to get hit. This picture is a view of the land surrounding Hanoi on approach to the runway. Most of what you are looking at is rice paddies in various stages of production.