What's over there?
DANANG, VIETNAM – A while back I read a story about the ‘money game’ described by an expat living in Mexico.
It was all about the challenges of acquiring and keeping enough small-denomination bills to be able to shop in local markets and stores.
We play that same game here in Vietnam.
DA NANG, VIET NAM – “Banh Bao! Banh Bao!” A pre-recorded shout echoes off the neighboring buildings as the motorcycle food peddler putt-putts down the street. Flames burst from the back of his side-saddle warming oven. On top of the oven is a glass case filled with warm, yummy steamed buns.
For a foreigner from a Western country, seeing open flames from a motorcycle-mounted wood-fired oven… Well, that is just plain crazy!
But it’s just another typical everyday occurrence in this Vietnamese city.