Things Commies Do/Don't Like

We have complied a list of the likes and dislikes of the communist party here. It has provided us with great enjoyment and we have created this list with help of other fellow travelers who agree with our categories.

Likes:
* Bargaining for everything even currency exchange rates. Seriously, we bargained our rate of exchange today it was so weird.
*Prostitutes: Colby played pol against one at a bar (but lost by once ball, damn!)
*American Dollars: Evidently they hate us and the war which they call the "American War" but for some reason they prefer us top pay for things in dollars, weird
*Rice: they love it and we are sick of it
*Capitalism: clearly in Vietnam you are free to make money and do whatever you want financially but you have no say in the government, things that make you go "what?"
*Squatting: we have no clue how their knees joints can take this at all...
*Motorbikes: our record is a family of four on one bike, no helmets on kids. There was also a guy with four computers in boxes on his bike but they weren't strapped down, we were impressed.
*Pollution: goes with the 10 million motorbikes currently in the country and counting
*Pringles, Oreos, and Ritz: no explanation here
*Yelling: Vietnamese is a very harsh language. Even when people are friends they sound like the are yelling at each other, all of the time. So when this translates to English we feel like poeple are actually screaming at us...not so fun. Bad for business.

O.K. onto the dislikes. This is a fun one since there are some things that they just don't have here.

Dislikes:
*Built in bra tank-tops, they don't sell them anywhere!
*Lines: lots of pushing no que, we finally started to push back. It's funny when trying to get on a plane and people shove past you...argh
*Traffic laws: like other Asian and Middle Eastern countries traffic laws are simply a "suggestion" rather than a law to be strictly followed.
*Shower curtains: bathrooms are one big room with a shower head on the wall, fun times
*Making change: sometimes you give too much money to pay for something so that you can get a larger bill back as change. This concept has not reached this area of the world and people frequently will hand you back the extra you gave...this gives us lots of small uselss bills since 16,000 Vietnam Dong is $1...oy
*Safety regulations: crossing the street here is a party, just take our word for it you walk, don't look don't stop and don't worry you only THINK they'll hit you....eap!
*Helmets on children: this one boggles my mind. The grown ups where helmets but not the kids? I guess if the kids get past age 5 without falling off the motorbike they are cleared for their own....
*Shotglasses: we found one today they only one and only design (with a commie star of course) in the whole country!


I hope you enjoy this list as much we enjoy the viewing opportunities here:-)