[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..

[kearnyirish2]

I’m glad she enjoyed the visits; I’m not trying to hurt their tourism. People just need to visit these places with eyes wide open; they are not democracies, and individual rights mean nothing to them.