[kearnyirish2]

It must have been an interesting time, and maybe something for a young adventurer with only himself to look after. As a married old guy I have too much to lose, and too many people relying on me. Whenever anything happens to Americans in these communist sh!tholes, I’m reminded of things like American hikers being arrested by Iranian border guards because they strayed across an invisible line: Why put yourself in harm’s way?

[ThanhPhero]

Việt Nam is the safest place in the world for a young American woman to travel alone. I took my daughter with me twice in 03 and 07 and she traveled all over the south From Huế to Ben Trê by herself on buses and trains or as pickup rides on the back seats of motorbikes. She was amazed. She felt much safer than she would have in Massachusetts. If she needed directions she would approach someone maybe on the street. If that someone had no English his immediate necessity became finding someone who spoke some English, maybe a cảnh sát (police) and they would put her on the right street or get her to the train station, probably after stopping at a quán cà phê for coffee..