The island had the oddest looking pineapples I've ever seen:
At the port to go to Quan Lan were dozens of fishermen and little raft-taxis bringing people to their boats:
Check out all the shrimp in the truck behind these two vendors:
This was my favorite "guest house" on Quan Lan. This place is called Robinson and only costs about $8 a night to rent this "three sided tent" right by the water:
On a very serious note, on the last day I saw a familiar site -- the local war memorial. The girl on the first day told us that Quan Lan had around 4,000 people living on it. Huyen and I drove the whole island and it seemed that 4,000 was a huge stretch. I'd say the real population was a fraction of that. Regardless, there are a lot of names on this memorial for such a small place. It was another reminder of how everyone in Vietnam -- even those on a remote island -- paid a terrible price in the war with America:
2 comments:
I dont think it is a pineapples. I'm guessing it more like jackfruit family. I saw it once in my hometown in Borneo.
The locals definitely told us it was a pineapple. You might be right though. I've never seen anything quite like it.
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