The last thing you need to see on the TV on the eve of your visit to the most bombed country on earth (Vietnam) is a piece on schoolkids getting maimed by stepping on unexploded ordinance from the conflict in the 60s/70s. I shall definitely be sticking to the beaten track when I get there! There was also a tropical storm there last week, so portents not exactly positive.
The TV report also showed the locals making fences and so on out of old bomb casings. That reminded me of my grandparents' place in deepest, darkest Mayo! There was an old bomb casing from world war 2 there that I used to play with as a child until I heard it ticking!!!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
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