AllieMark: Road and building construction is everywhere - reminds me of Vegas during the boom
AllieMark: Pagoda at Duong Lam - small town 90 minutes outside Hanoi
AllieMark: Warrior at Duong Lam temple
AllieMark: Allie, Ann & Donald (mom and dad) and buddhas at Duong Lam
AllieMark: Buddha sitting under the bodhi tree at Duong Lam - fasting to reach enlightenment
AllieMark: Mark has learned to bow everytime he enters a temple, a house, a store, restaurant, etc...
AllieMark: One of the many altars at Duong Lam
AllieMark: Our guide Thuy shows off a local fruit
AllieMark: Bricks made with local clay yield a sought-after weathered look
AllieMark: School kids came out to wave to the farang - few westerners visit this town
AllieMark: Don, Ann, Allie and our guide Thuy at the community center in Duong Lam
AllieMark: A local worshiping her ancestors at the altar in the community center - locals are much more flexible than I am
AllieMark: Ann and Thuy perpare to enjoy green bean cake
AllieMark: Allie enjoying green tea in the town square
AllieMark: Our host, an 86 year-old who has lived in Doung Lam all her life
AllieMark: She chewed betlenut, and as a child had her teeth blackened - a mark of beauty from an earlier time
AllieMark: Don and Ann enjoying tea and sesame treats at a local's house built in the 17th century
AllieMark: The local's house built in the 17th century, and laundry from the 21st century
AllieMark: Don and Ann walking along a waterway on the outskirts of Duong Lam
AllieMark: Ann admiring a rice paddy
AllieMark: Tombs in the rice fields - dead are buried in the wet rice fields for 3 years, after which their bones are removed and placed in a small box where they spend eternity
AllieMark: A woman working in her rice paddy
AllieMark: The catholic church in Duong Lam - 10% of Vietnamese are Catholic
AllieMark: Inside the Catholic church
AllieMark: Peering into the well of the Catholic church - look closely at the reflection at the bottom
AllieMark: More tombs in the rice paddies on our way back to Hanoi