mama napor on the scene

my sister, lindsay, has been to vietnam twice and whenever she would talk about it, my mom would always look sad. she really wanted to come here, but my father had no interest. when i was making my plans, i asked her if she would join me in vietnam for a week or two. she jumped at the opportunity and i was lucky to have her here for the past 8 days. she left this morning. coffee this am was not as fun.

we met in ho chi minh city and stayed for 4 days. she took great care of me as i let go of my crutches and started to walk on my own. we also went to the mekong delta, hanoi and halong bay. we ate like queens, stayed at some fancy hotels and spent the night on a boat.

this photo is in the mekong detla. my mom and an elephant ear fish that the waitress made into spring rolls with rice paper, pineapple and cucumber. how cute is my mom?
pringles, anyone?
halong bay overnight cruise. there's over 3,000 mountains in the water here.


'tis the season of the lotus flower

floating markets. they tie what they are selling on the top of the bamboo stick. most of the people live on the boat, which is also their store. this one is selling watermelon. you also see yams, coconut, fish and other tropical fruit.

typical vietnamese architecture