We literally coasted into Nha Trang-- the car died just outside town and we held our breath that we'd make it into town.
Our hotel was an old state run facility- very Soviet...
We walked through town--- saw a motorcycle collision-- the drivers were spitting out teeth and 3 minutes later, it was all cleared.
We took cyclos back to town. Many of the cyclo drivers are ex-ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam aka- South Vietnamese army) ...John asked, “Where’d you learn English” . The driver quickly responded, ”ARVN...haven’t’ used it in 20 years cause we got those f-----in Communists...”.... spent years in reeducation camp.....
We had drinks by the water....
According to one of our fellow tourists, "Vietnamese justice-- 2 years in prison if you steal from a tourist, 55,000 years if you kill a tourist"
While we were talking we saw a thief arrested, taken from the beach and beaten...
While we sipped our wine, we listened to the Eagles at 1/2 speed....”Hotel California", Vietnam style.
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