animals (journal entry)

16 January 2007
Courtney emailed Audrey and asked about the weird animals in Viet Nam, but there aren't many, mostly it's just that they are in weird places, like chickens at the motorbike shop, water buffalo on the main street, dogs roasted at the market, cattle roaming the fields. Which reminds me--we saw dogs on the way to their demise yesterday. There were five or six packed into a box on the back of a motorbike. Still alive, but laying squished together on top of each other. A bit disconcerting. I don't really have a problem with them eating dog (to each their own), but seeing any animal go to the slaughter gives me the creeps. Icky.

Other strange things:
cactus I never would have thought it grew here.
fruit it's everywhere to be sold, but where does it grow?
gravel made of marble and granite
internet cafes like coffee shops in Portland-they are everywhere!
ice cream & cookies they just suck here
Milo with sweetened condensed milk, it is heaven :)
gov't officials standing with machine guns at gov't buildings
coughing kids get yelled at when coughing to distract them