Nihn Bihn, Vietnam: Day 1

I take the morning train from Hanoi, arrive by 12:30, rent a motorbike (my first time in Vietnam - yikes!), and head for the countyside. I find small villages set amidst stunning landscapes, and people of all ages who cannot stop smiling at me and saying "Hello!" as I pass by.

I also find some room to be with and release some of the grief I have around the Vietnam War. Walking away from that girl after she held up her peace sign I thought, "It could have been her. It was her." And I cried, and 50 feet down the path from her rural home I came upon a cemetery, and their I wept.

Later explored pagodas and caves, and was fed cane juice, offered daughters to marry, and mobbed by ecstatic children. It was a wonderful day, so much of what I've been looking for here!