You got girl friend Vietnam?

Probably the funniest moment so far this trip.... My new friend Yves and I were having lunch in a cool little restaurant. On the way out we were waiting for the elevator and one of the staff started to talk to us. The normal pleasantries, where are you from, and then eventually, " are you going to any other places in Vietnam?" my answer " yes after Hanoi I am going to Hoi an." his response. " oh yes, I think Hoi An is place for romance. You sit on bridge and watch sun set. Very nice." so in my normal goofy manner I reply " maybe i can find a wife there" his started to chuckle a little and simply said " keep trying " and we all laughed. So from here on out the motto is ..... Keep trying. The funny follow up to that is on the way home from dinner this evening I got my first sexual advance in Vietnam. I was walking back from dinner and several johnnie walkers. A tall young Vietnamese guy In his twenties walking the other direction and said. " massa " I politely inquired " massa? " he asked again massa? Onto the third try her replied " you want massage " and looked me up and down from head to toe like a cheesy movie scene. I smiled and replied ... " no thank you " the look was that classic. You don't know what your missing out on sort of look and I carried on. It was a funny contrast. There are so many hookers in Thailand that is was obnoxious. Not beautiful classy call girls mind you, but sort of rode hard and put away wet types. They blaze up to you and start pawing at you in such a disturbing way that it is not sexual at all. It's more like a cheap zombie movie with Small badly dressed hookers and trannies.