Contrasts really strike me here:
-A large crowd of people in front of an open front building watching TV and cheering on the Viet Nam soccer team while a dense confusion of motorbikes go by in the street and a loudspeaker somewhere plays a US Hit Parade Song in English. When the team wins, the motorbikes increase with many riders displaying large national flags.
-Pedicab drivers who look you in the eye while grabbing your wallet, compared with restaurant owners who will chase you down the street to return a 3,000 VND (20 cent) overcharge for rice.
-A very active, narrow street market with a large variety of prepared food, clothing, raw fish and meat with a Willie Nelson song playing in the background.
-The lobby of the hotel in our neightborhood with a beautiful Christmas tree next to the front desk, complete with wrapped gifts and the hotel owner's motorbike parked beside it.
What an experience. Thanks, Marjie!
2 comments:
The experience must be unreal.
In the picture it looks to me like you're having some sort of amazing food whilst sitting on a tiny plastic chair in the middle of an ally; yet another contrast!
I wonder what contrasts Vietnamese people would notice coming to America?
Love it...
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