12th Dec - 'Age of Empires'

Along the way, from An Giang to Ho Chi Minh.. I was impressed and amazed by what I saw from the windows of the bus. I felt as if I was living in one of the games my brothers and my friend, Kai San used to play. The "Age of Empires". People here who widen the roads still use charcoal to heat up the tar in big, cyclindrical tanks. And they still use spades and shovels and their own bare hands to cover the roads with stones as a base.
This scene reminded me of the little huts that villagers lived in, in the game. Ah! Surprise! Surprise! It turned out to be a brick factory. : )

This is charcoal, made from wood. ;) To me, from the window of the van, it looked like fishing nets. oh yes.. Some of the people here still use charcoal as fuel.

This is the famous hanging bridge in An Giang province. Ahh.. looks like the Penang Bridge, doesn't it?

View from the bridge..

In Ho ChiMinh city, it is impossible to travel without a trusty vehicle-motorbike. People from all places often carry their motorbikes on the bus, like this picture, to the city and use it as their main transport. A bike made in Vietnam costs only about RM2000, while a bike made in Japan costs about RM 6000.