Chan May (Hue) , Vietnam 4-18-09

This was a stop we had in 2007. We had seen the countryside here and been down the famous Perfume River, so we opted for a short day in this small village of Chan May. Pretty much all that is there is one hotel and a few store fronts. Lots of rice fields and that wraps it up! We managed to do a little shopping on the pier for some of those wonderful pearls! You will see "seas" of pearls in photos to come! The gals in one of the photos are all coveed up. They do this for 2 reasons. To avoid sun exposure. For this reason they wear face masks, long sleeves,hats and gloves! It was boiling hot every day we were in Vietnam. I do not know how they could stand being so covered up. The temperatures swelled up and over 100 while we were there. The second reason for the masks is to filter some of the polution from the oh so many motor scooters, bus fumes, etc... Just walking though town you could feel the back of your throat start to itch and make you cough from the heavy, dirty air.