Cemetery & Rice Paper Visit

Today was another busy day. We boarded the bus early and stopped at a North Vietnamese cemetery which had a vet caretaker. One of our group members, Ron, is an American vet who got emotional when he & his former enemy shook hands. We were honoured to be part of this “reunion” of sorts. Both men fought in the Vietnamese War. We moved on to visit a village where they made rice paper. It was very interesting to watch (some of our group participated) them make and put out to dry this very common Vietnamese food. We had to cross a narrow river on a unique ferry boat. We were fortunate to visit the home of another Vet & his family who shared lunch & his musical talents with us. He entertained Vietnamese troops during the “American War” with some very unique instruments.Read more