on to hoi an

The past few days at the beach were slow, so we decided to go check out the coconut tree prison. This was used during the american war and also during the war with the French. They had a small museum with some interesting re-enactment figures.

interesting communist propaganda going on here, too. Some of you might notice that this is not the 1st prison jamie and I have visited together: we also visited the eastern state penitentiary while in Philadelphia one year.

We also got to see a lot of the island on our way to the prison. A few small villages and some lovely beach scenery. Fishing shacks, too.


The next day we went into town to try and find the fish sauce factory. We smelled it, but could not find it. We saw some extreme garbage areas and really bad waterways. HCMC was so clean…phu quoc resorts are also clean, but the local village…not so much. Black, oily, trash-filled waterways. That is where these folks live.

they were drying some squid in the alley.yum.


Today we left phu quoc and two plane rides and two mini bus rides later we are in the ancient city of hoi an, very nice! Nikki was right, there is a picture opportunity around every corner. here is a little boy with his horsie balloon!

an old man relaxing on a bench near the waterway.


The battery charger is burning up right now due to the high voltage of the plug here, so I have to cut this one short. more tomorrow.