Lots of Pictures and One Animal Cruelty Video

Here are some pictures from the last few days of the trip. I arrived in Hoi An today after and overnight train ride and it is pouring rain so I decided to get some uploading done. Also included at the bottom is a video of a cockfight Winnie and I saw in central Hanoi about a week ago. Photos are in chronological order, starting with the oldest.

Seth and commies all love Man U. Great victory for Villa the other day!

Bun Cha. So good

Umbrella roof at some random cafe in Hanoi

The Carnivore™ angry that I was documenting her heading down the road to ruin

School near Sapa

Terraced rice paddies

Waterfall near Sapa

Central lake in Sapa

Another view of the lake

Some government building

Mountainside being cut away to make a dam

Wider view of dam making activity

Ducks in paddy

Pig

Pigs being fattened up for slaughter for the Tet new year celebration

A batch of indigo dye made by the H'mong

Water buffalo in the mist in Sapa

Our guide Ban cooking over an open fire

Ban frying an egg. Ban was a great guide, but not the world's greatest cook. I guess that is why she works and her husband stays home and takes care of the kids

Me with our guides, and Ron and Deb

The Carnivore™ with guides and homestay friends

Flower vendor in Hanoi

The first commie flag of Vietnam

Rock on Buddah

Shiva/Buddha or who the hell knows. Cool looking though

The Hanoi Hilton! From the stories I'd heard, I expected it to be a much grimmer place...

Another view of the Hanoi Hilton

And another

Super-hot model girl posing in front of the Hanoi Hilton Cafe

Super-hot model girl again. Cause she was really hot

Tasty carambola

Catfish that kept brawling with each other

Stir-fried buffalo with carambola. Not the greatest thing ever, but I'd never had carambola in a savory dish

Hotel room in Hoi An

Cockfighting!!!!! I'm betting this violates Blogger's terms of use. Pretty tame though. I expected something more