Vietnam 2008

Monday17November

7:20 am. Wake up on Ban Kho Muong.

On the left, the house where we slept.

You, we won't eat you!

The route of the day:

The region is very humid and the sky is always a little misty.
Besides my camera will not support the high humidity and until the end of the trip I will be forced to adjust the sharpness manually... 

Terraced rice fields are everywhere and represent the majority of crops in the region.

This web-footed bird undoubtedly wanted a thalasso as a last wish...

Ban thôn uoi xin thông báo t? ngày 22-09-2008.
C?m l?y c?i trên d?t 02 n?u ai vi phams? b? x? lý.
I tried to translate all that but it doesn't give much... A priori, it is an announcement concerning wood...

In front of the village school, this cart lost its entire load of bricks.

To add to the confusion, we invite ourselves into the class!

Left photo, Ho Chi Minh, the "uncle" of Vietnam is present everywhere.
Right photo, the program of the day.

The superb view from the school.

After the cart episode, it's the turn of the telephone pole to be taken away by the local men.

After the cart episode, it's the turn of the telephone pole to be taken away by the local men.
That won't prevent some from taking a picture of us with their mobile. 

In the background, the school where we were.

She transports poultry. That one is not on the trip.

Mopeds, bicycles, buffaloes but no cars in this corner of Vietnam!

We arrive at the village of Pho Doan for lunch.
We meet all the young people of the village coming out of school.And besides, they seem to find these French people in shorts and backpacks very funny... 

So this is where perhaps we ate dog, I say perhaps because no one wanted to tell us if it was... 

And he prefers to take a nap rather than be on the plate........

Right photo: the gas station!

These bottles that we found regularly contain gasoline.

A cockfight took place in front of us, fortunately no victim to deplore at the end of the round.

Well my pig!!!

Haaaa! A snake!

Haaaa! Some dunno what!

Two papaya trees (Carica papaya) and their papayas.

What? It's fun to see yourself in a photo!

It is not yet 3:00 pm and we are already arriving at Ban Hin, the last village of the day.

While we quench our thirst, the dean of the house makes a chicken coop.

As it is still early, Rico and I take the opportunity to go discover this village a little more.

Passing by this large building, we hear a great commotion...
It's the school... and all the students rushed to the windows to see these two wandering tourists... Sorry teacher! 

No, it's not a self-portrait of Rico and me walking around!!!

Children are very curious, besides Rico will persist in teaching them
the word "bonjour" instead of the usual "hello". And it worked!

6:30 pm, we sit down to eat.... WHAT!!! 6:30 pm!!! And yes, we eat early in Vietnam!