Day 13 "Cargo and Baggage" (Flash Forward)

                This morning was in a word, rough. Last night when we went out it was like an Apocalypse happening now, so waking up was not exactly what I wanted to be doing at 7 in the morning. After breakfast we headed to the largest shipping yard in Vietnam.

                It was really amazing seeing all of the different types of containers and learning how the mass aspect of trade and transport works in the country. We were able to walk up and see the control tower and see as different containers were directed to their specific holding areas. Then we went down to the actual shipping yard and saw different cargo holds being moved around. It was like being in an A-Team movie, all we needed were some fireworks.

                Took a nap. That was nice.

                When we got up we went to the War Remnants museum. This was a trip filled with mixed emotions. On the one hand it was very sad seeing all of the destruction and death that affected the Vietnamese during the war. But, looking at it from the Vietnamese perspective made me feel rather uncomfortable.

                There was a section talking about Senator Bob Kerry and what he had done while during the war. It was a horrific action, while reading it I couldn’t help but think that doing something like that must have been emotionally scarring for both him and the victims. And the fact that not only does he have to live with the fact that he did that every day, but that there are millions of tourists looking at it.

                Anyway, even though it was harrowing, I think it was the right decision to go and see it.