A haphazard chronicle of my inevitable misadventures during a year in Vietnam and points east.

p.s. I'll be pitifully grateful if you send me email during my exile: TravelerKaty@hotmail.com

October 2002 November 2002 December 2002 January 2003 February 2003 March 2003 April 2003 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 February 2006 March 2006 May 2006

 
22 Things the Average Vietnamese Man Can Carry on his Motorbike:

1. 2 air conditioners
2. 1 bicycle
3. 1 wife, 2 children and 1 baby
4. 30 ducks in saddlebag baskets
5. 150 plastic pails
6. Kentucky Derby-style flowers for his daughter's formal wedding
7. 1 friend carrying 1 used television
8. 65 live chickens
9. 1 twin mattress
10. 2 boxes of Washington apples (!!!)
11. 100 pairs of shoes
12. 1 sq. yd. box of cookware
13. 6 20 lb blocks of ice
14. 1 keg draft beer
15. 30 2 lb bags of rice noodles
16. 1 large plastic box of live fish in water
17. 56 smallish watermelons
18. 1 pregnant wife sitting sidesaddle
19. 120 rolls of toilet paper
20. Me and my groceries
21. 3 15 ft. metal poles
22. 1 tree


© 2002 Katy Warren

posted by Katy at 3:51 AM