Cycle Vietnam: Easter in Vietnam

We started Easter Sunday with a 6 am brunch at our hotel followed by a 5 hour bus ride. It was pretty interesting driving north along highway 1. Despite being a day of rest, the rice fields were filled with people harvesting. In the small towns, we passed many wedding celebrations. All were brightly colored and had guest lists in the hundreds. Apparently, an average Vietnamese wedding is 500 guests.

After lunch, we spent a tropical Easter Sunday afternoon cycling along the coast of Vietnam. Again, it was small fishing villages and people relaxing and spending family town. It would not have been complete without the children waving hello and many high fives.

A more somber time of the day was when on the bus we passed near Mi Lai, the site of the massacre in 1968. It was hard to hear the story again. The sadness was repeated later in the afternoon when we visited a Vietcong Cemetery, built after the war. Our guide read the tombstones of one of the soldiers.... the person was 20 when he died and his rank was listed as "guerilla fighter."

We ended the 34 mile day in the city of Hoi An. It appears to be influenced by the colonial french and seems to have many more tourists and signs in english than anywhere we have visited. We are here for two nights, so I will hope to get some good pictures.

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Meanwhile, we hope you all have a Happy Easter.