Interesting question you asked there Doug on the wedding season... hmm... are you looking forward to some wedding bells in your near future that you are not sharing with us? 🤣
I can't even imagine... For me to announce wedding bells, then I must have slipped into some kind of bizarre alternate universe. I can't even imagine the circumstances that would have to unfold for me to tie the knot at this extremely advanced and decrepit old age. 😀 Not surprisingly, when I asked Jamie and Hayden about the wedding season, it was entirely because of photography and videography. That is the lens through which I view reality these days. It's just that when I was at the Museum of Ho Chi Minh City, there were so many wedding photographers there. And I've seen them in many other places. So I was wondering if this was a particular wedding season right now. And that seemed odd because we were also moving into the rainy season. It didn't seem like the right time of year.
I assume you are asking about money? 😁For most of my life, I haven't made an effort to save for rainy days. That was probably unwise, but I fell into the habit of just working for a while, saving money, and then traveling and not working until I run out of money, and then I look for another job. In the back of my mind I probably always thought this was a temporary phase and at some point I would just slide into a real job and settle down and become a normal person with a home and a good income and a retirement plan. But that never happened, and the thought of retirement and saving for retirement and having a nest egg was never in my mind. So I've never really had any money and that continues until today. 😀 I've been lucky until now and being poor has never really been a problem. I have a very simple lifestyle that doesn't require a lot of money. So I seem to get by. Of course, everything could be quite different now that I'm in my 60s. And life everywhere, particularly in Canada, seems to be getting more and more and more expensive. It will be interesting to see what happens from here into the rest of my life... 😅
@@PlanetDoug An entire humanities Decade worth of best wishes for you. I suppose everyone goes through a life cycle and tightrope walking could be adventurous and fun but need not be indefinite and always subject to the weakness of temporize'ing, and in the world there something hiding for everyone who finally cares to find. Crowdfunding for publishing your journals, retirement for the wanderer, speaking at events- there's so much waiting- but for the finders.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. Thank you for visiting my country, Vietnam 🇻🇳. I am Vietnamese-Canadian. I have lived in Canada since last 40 years. I prefer HOCHIMINH city than Saigon, HOCHIMINH is our greatest leader. Enjoy and stay safe.
The canal you are looking for is called Kinh Tau Hu , located on Vo Van Kiet boulevard . It used to be called Arroyo de Vergnes by the French . There is a dock with lots of warehouses where the merchants from the Mekong Delta provinces bring by boat their goods like rice , fruits , vegetables , plants , flowers and many other agriculture products to sell in Saigon ( especially for the Lunar New-Year festival ) . It's like a half floating market that you can still visit today . You seem to be more informed than those two Vietnamese youngsters .
Thank you for that information. That's great. I found that canal on Google Maps. That is exactly what I was hoping to check out. But I didn't find that information before I went there. Looking at the canal on Google Maps satellite view is fun. It makes me wonder if some kind of boat trip up and down it would be interesting or not. Certainly walking along it would be cool.
CC. I'm assuming the canals were filled in due to a lack of Commerce. Was it Jamie that said they were also collecting trash? What repercussions do drivers or motorcyclists face if they do hit a pedestrian Vietnam? I the US you're not allowed to enter into a crosswalk with your vehicle if a pedestrian is anywhere near your vehicle. I've seen people ticketed not for hitting a pedestrian but for being too close. Stay safe out there sir.
When I was reading about the canals and checking out the history of them at the museums, the main story I came across was that the French pushed to have the canals filled in. And they did so because the canals collected a lot of garbage and sewage and they didn't like the smells. And they were worried that it was unsanitary and would spread waterborne diseases and encourage mosquito populations etc. But the Chinese community in Cholon relied on the canals for commerce, and they resisted this push to have the canals filled in. I don't know what the consequences would be for someone hitting a pedestrian in Vietnam. It does seem that life here is quite a bit more casual than in the United States or Canada in terms of traffic laws and how they are enforced. To be honest, it's rare to see any police presence monitoring traffic. My feeling is that accidents might often be handled privately between the two parties without getting authorities or insurance companies involved. But I really don't know. It seems like people in Canada and the United States are very willing to call the police when an accident occurs. Maybe by law and according to their insurance companies this is necessary. They need a police report to make an insurance claim I'm sure. But it often seems to be the opposite over here and people will go to great lengths to keep the police out of their lives. Calling the police might just be asking for trouble... 😁 I have very mixed feelings about the pedestrian crosswalks in the West and anywhere in the world to be honest. They seem to cause more accidents than they prevent. That could just be anecdotal evidence based on CZcams videos, but it seems like a pedestrian will go across a crosswalk assuming everybody will stop for them but then drivers don't see them and an accident happens. It always seems like it would have been safer to cross the street far away from any pedestrian crossing. At least there the rules and situation are clear. I rarely use crosswalks and if I do, I just treat it like I'm crossing the street normally. I monitor the traffic in all directions and I only cross when the coast is clear. I would never just waltz out into a pedestrian crosswalk and expect all the traffic around me to see me and stop. In fact, I happened to be at a pedestrian crosswalk here in Vietnam just a couple of days ago. It was a very busy street with multiple lanes. And I just stood there waiting for a break in traffic. And then one driver in the closest lane came to a stop and signaled for me to cross. But I shook my head no. And that's because I've seen so many CZcams videos where this happens and then the pedestrian walks across that one stopped lane and then gets hit by cars in the second lane who never saw the pedestrian coming. Anyway, pedestrian crossings seem dangerous to me. 😀
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Interesting question you asked there Doug on the wedding season... hmm... are you looking forward to some wedding bells in your near future that you are not sharing with us? 🤣
I can't even imagine... For me to announce wedding bells, then I must have slipped into some kind of bizarre alternate universe. I can't even imagine the circumstances that would have to unfold for me to tie the knot at this extremely advanced and decrepit old age. 😀
Not surprisingly, when I asked Jamie and Hayden about the wedding season, it was entirely because of photography and videography. That is the lens through which I view reality these days.
It's just that when I was at the Museum of Ho Chi Minh City, there were so many wedding photographers there. And I've seen them in many other places. So I was wondering if this was a particular wedding season right now. And that seemed odd because we were also moving into the rainy season. It didn't seem like the right time of year.
@@PlanetDoug you will find far more wedding photoshoot in Hanoi btw
Your friend looks super Malaysian! I'm still having a hard time thinking he's Vietnamese 😅
Dear Douglas what do you save for rainy days- apart from the very expected umbrella
I assume you are asking about money? 😁For most of my life, I haven't made an effort to save for rainy days. That was probably unwise, but I fell into the habit of just working for a while, saving money, and then traveling and not working until I run out of money, and then I look for another job. In the back of my mind I probably always thought this was a temporary phase and at some point I would just slide into a real job and settle down and become a normal person with a home and a good income and a retirement plan.
But that never happened, and the thought of retirement and saving for retirement and having a nest egg was never in my mind. So I've never really had any money and that continues until today. 😀
I've been lucky until now and being poor has never really been a problem. I have a very simple lifestyle that doesn't require a lot of money. So I seem to get by.
Of course, everything could be quite different now that I'm in my 60s. And life everywhere, particularly in Canada, seems to be getting more and more and more expensive. It will be interesting to see what happens from here into the rest of my life... 😅
@@PlanetDoug An entire humanities Decade worth of best wishes for you. I suppose everyone goes through a life cycle and tightrope walking could be adventurous and fun but need not be indefinite and always subject to the weakness of temporize'ing, and in the world there something hiding for everyone who finally cares to find. Crowdfunding for publishing your journals, retirement for the wanderer, speaking at events- there's so much waiting- but for the finders.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. Thank you for visiting my country, Vietnam 🇻🇳.
I am Vietnamese-Canadian. I have lived in Canada since last 40 years.
I prefer HOCHIMINH city than Saigon, HOCHIMINH is our greatest leader.
Enjoy and stay safe.
The canal you are looking for is called Kinh Tau Hu , located on Vo Van Kiet boulevard . It used to be called Arroyo de Vergnes by the French . There is a dock with lots of warehouses where the merchants from the Mekong Delta provinces bring by boat their goods like rice , fruits , vegetables , plants , flowers and many other agriculture products to sell in Saigon ( especially for the Lunar New-Year festival ) . It's like a half floating market that you can still visit today . You seem to be more informed than those two Vietnamese youngsters .
Thank you for that information. That's great. I found that canal on Google Maps. That is exactly what I was hoping to check out. But I didn't find that information before I went there.
Looking at the canal on Google Maps satellite view is fun. It makes me wonder if some kind of boat trip up and down it would be interesting or not. Certainly walking along it would be cool.
CC. I'm assuming the canals were filled in due to a lack of Commerce. Was it Jamie that said they were also collecting trash? What repercussions do drivers or motorcyclists face if they do hit a pedestrian Vietnam? I the US you're not allowed to enter into a crosswalk with your vehicle if a pedestrian is anywhere near your vehicle. I've seen people ticketed not for hitting a pedestrian but for being too close. Stay safe out there sir.
When I was reading about the canals and checking out the history of them at the museums, the main story I came across was that the French pushed to have the canals filled in. And they did so because the canals collected a lot of garbage and sewage and they didn't like the smells. And they were worried that it was unsanitary and would spread waterborne diseases and encourage mosquito populations etc.
But the Chinese community in Cholon relied on the canals for commerce, and they resisted this push to have the canals filled in.
I don't know what the consequences would be for someone hitting a pedestrian in Vietnam. It does seem that life here is quite a bit more casual than in the United States or Canada in terms of traffic laws and how they are enforced. To be honest, it's rare to see any police presence monitoring traffic.
My feeling is that accidents might often be handled privately between the two parties without getting authorities or insurance companies involved. But I really don't know. It seems like people in Canada and the United States are very willing to call the police when an accident occurs. Maybe by law and according to their insurance companies this is necessary. They need a police report to make an insurance claim I'm sure. But it often seems to be the opposite over here and people will go to great lengths to keep the police out of their lives. Calling the police might just be asking for trouble... 😁
I have very mixed feelings about the pedestrian crosswalks in the West and anywhere in the world to be honest. They seem to cause more accidents than they prevent. That could just be anecdotal evidence based on CZcams videos, but it seems like a pedestrian will go across a crosswalk assuming everybody will stop for them but then drivers don't see them and an accident happens. It always seems like it would have been safer to cross the street far away from any pedestrian crossing. At least there the rules and situation are clear.
I rarely use crosswalks and if I do, I just treat it like I'm crossing the street normally. I monitor the traffic in all directions and I only cross when the coast is clear. I would never just waltz out into a pedestrian crosswalk and expect all the traffic around me to see me and stop.
In fact, I happened to be at a pedestrian crosswalk here in Vietnam just a couple of days ago. It was a very busy street with multiple lanes. And I just stood there waiting for a break in traffic. And then one driver in the closest lane came to a stop and signaled for me to cross. But I shook my head no. And that's because I've seen so many CZcams videos where this happens and then the pedestrian walks across that one stopped lane and then gets hit by cars in the second lane who never saw the pedestrian coming.
Anyway, pedestrian crossings seem dangerous to me. 😀
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