A few days ago, we headed out of Saigon, destination, the Mekong Delta.
“Hey man! Like that’s weird…. I haven’t heard ‘bout them since like the 80’s, but I don’t remember it so much and my head still hurts…… a lot…. too… uh yea…”
What?
“Yea man, those guys were like really, really rad…. made up names, nothing was real, but man could that lead guy riff!”
What?
“Huh? Don’t you know ‘bout them? They was like really far out in the thrash metal scene, so far that they made up all of their names and everything! It was like they didn’t want to be known for real, just the music….. ohhhh my head….. it
Ok, I give up. What in the name of Buddha are you talking about?
“Mekong Delta man! …. I even got their Christmas Album!”
The things you come across when looking at Wikipedia…
The actual Mekong Delata is quite large, it’s over twice the size of the Mississippi Delta for your comparison purposes. And like most delta regions, it has its own sets of unique features and characteristic’s, most of which can be related to the folks that live there, as isolated as they are.
And now that you’re all excited to learn about the flora and fauna of this incredibly important region, I’m going not switch gears on you and we’re going to concentrate on the ride home from there!
Huh?
Yessirree, if you thought that the ride home on the Garden State Parkway on a Sunday night in July after a glorious weekend at the Jersey Shore was a test of your metal, well then you have never experienced a ride home to Saigon after a great time in the hinterlands of southern Vietnam after the TET holiday!
No need for anything else except some photos!
Phil had thought that we would be able to beat then rush back into Saigon as we had planned on leaving the Delta area early afternoon. The proposed two-hour ride home quickly turned its back on us and introduced us to its evil big brother, the dastardly Four-Hour Crawl.
Luckily, we were in an air-conditioned coach that allowed us to view this local slice of humanity as it enveloped us on the road back to the city.
I will be exhibiting here mostly “Multi-Rides”, for your entertainment!
“No, but take a gander at that goose!”
“Get it? Gander at that goose?”
“Hey! Stop honkin’ you’ll get the Boss in trouble!
“Make it quick she says”
“And take the kid too, you’ll be back in a few minutes! she says….”
Don’t worry….an actual Mekong River Delta post is in the offing; I promise you’ll get one!
2 replies on “On the Mekong…. (kinda)”
It amazes me how much they can carry on those bikes. Four humans plus bags and packages? No problem. Must make it intereresting to change lanes.
Karen, I heard one of them as they passed us say, “Lanes? Lanes? We don’t need no stinkin’ lanes!” (or something like that!)