Strange Horns in Vietnam

Good morning, Vietnam! If you havn't heard by now, I'm in Vietnam for a few days. I havn't finished blogging about Thailand yet, but I wanted to punch this blog out before I forgot.

I've been in Hanoi, Vietnam for two days now, and there is an endless amount of funny horns on the cars here. Now, in Asia, drivers LOVE to use their vehicle horns. It's like they have a third hand that is permanently attached to their horn that presses it whenever it seems most convenient, which is ALL THE TIME. They honk if they're passing, if you're passing, if you're crossing the street in front of them, if they're coming up behind you, if you do something wrong, if you look at them funny... Yeah, you get the point.

Anyhoo, Vietnam is no exception. However, the difference is that in Vietnam, they don't just have the simple "meep meep" horn. No. I've heard anything from a train whistle, to a horn that sounds like it has the doppler effect built in, to something that sounds like tu-ku-tu-ku-tu-ku, with a decrescendo throughout. It gives me endless amusement to hear all of these new car horns. I'm pretty sure the Vietnamese people wonder who the crazy white girl is that is giggling all the way down the street. My favorite horn I've heard so far is a horn that has two tones and goes deet-deet-deet, deet-deet-deet, deet-deet-deet, deet-deet-deet. It never fails to make me giggle. Hehehehehehe...

Also, I've decided that I need to buy a sewing machine and start up a western show clothes business over here in Asia. I've been buying all kinds of Asian silks from China, Thailand, and Vietnam. I have enough now to make two showmanship outfits and four horsemanship shirts. But when am I going to use them? I won't get back until 2/3 of the way through the 2009 show season.... I just love picking out the silks, and I know that nobody in the US is going to have the beautiful patterns and colors that I picked out, not to mention the textures. I figure maybe if I start a business buying silk and making them into shirts, it's one way to earn a bunch more money while I'm here. I just don't know if I can bear to part with the silk that I've bought. Mostly because I know it will look stellar with Rodney...