Vietnam Pics Bob and Ann in Vietnam 2005-2006 Eldertreks Tour

  • 12/22/05 - Cuc Phuong National Park to Hanoi
    Vietnam Pics
    Jungle along the Hike

    Vietnam Pics
    Our Group at the 1000-Year-Old Tree

    Up by 6 for European Style breakfast and delicious ginger tea. Bussed to trailhead for 1000 year old tree loop hike guided by Hai, the primate center biologist. Nice climb up many steps through heavy forest. Good to stretch our legs, finally. The hiking group were all quite agile and fit.. Back to Park Center for good hearty lunch and pack for bus ride back to Hanoi. The kids we met at the park were charming. Three young boys with their fathers, Dutch, but living in Hanoi, also stayed at the park and were very cute and friendly. Other young people who worked at the park and attended the Huomng dancing were warm and respectful teens, so innocent and fresh compared to the Hanoi teens already corrupted by the "new" capitalism with their motor bikes, stylish clothes, hanging out in Internet gamerooms.


    Our ride back to Hanoi was long, but the clearer air in the country made sight seeing better. Thuy left us in Ha Nan to visit her husband’s family bringing an herbal potion for her father-in-law who suffers from lung cancer. Because of road construction traffic was slow, so we missed our appointed time at the “Hanoi Hilton,” but were glad to get back to the Galaxy where we have a huge room this time. Found an Internet Station around the corner from the Hotel and ate at Galaxy, too.


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