{"id":148,"date":"2008-05-22T17:11:34","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T06:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/22\/remnants\/"},"modified":"2008-05-23T17:14:58","modified_gmt":"2008-05-23T06:14:58","slug":"remnants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/22\/remnants\/","title":{"rendered":"Remnants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My plan was to have breakfast then get a motorcycle to take me to the War Remnants Museum &#8211; figuring I could walk home from there.  Since it was still cool, I decided instead to walk to the museum, and then see about getting a motorcycle back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2213\/2514718313_daceae5f22.jpg\" class=\"flickrimg\" alt=\"IMG_7804\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the way I stopped at a few computer stores to see what they offered.  Prices seem a little good, but I&#8217;m more inclined to wait until I get home to get anything.  Apparently my computer at home is no longer working, but I don&#8217;t know that the problem is yet.<\/p>\n<p>I visited the War Remnants Museum, which was pretty sobering.  Mostly photos &#8211; of the war, and people who&#8217;d been affected by it afterwards (thanks to Agent Orange, mostly).  I bought some postcards from a living remnant, a fellow with arms that stopped at the elbows, and a damaged right eye.  He told me he&#8217;d been unlucky, and stepped on a landmine when he was young.  Unlucky, indeed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3110\/2514734369_1ec0779d8a.jpg\" class=\"flickrimg\" alt=\"IMG_7815\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Headed towards Independence Hall (or Reunification Palace, as it is also called). It was closed, so I just took a photo, and moved on.  Didn&#8217;t sound like there was much to see there, but if I am bored tomorrow, I have time to check it out.  Walked around for a good while after that.  Grabbed a coffee, and wrote a few postcards.  Most likely the last batch before I head home &#8211; otherwise I may as well just personally deliver them, as it&#8217;ll be quicker.  Checked out the theatre, and the town hall after my coffee, then headed back to the guesthouse and got some lunch nearby.<\/p>\n<p>It was hot, so I had a shower to cool down, then hopped onto the internet.  Not too surprised to see the Americans again.  If I&#8217;m lucky I can shake them in Bangkok, but they seem to find me wherever I go.<\/p>\n<p>Checked out Semi-Pro at the theatre in the evening.\u00c2\u00a0 Mildly amusing, but not recommended.\u00c2\u00a0 Killed some time, in a nice air-conditioned room, on a comfy couch.\u00c2\u00a0 Did a bit of reading, but not really getting into my book.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2224\/2514739573_813d6083a0.jpg\" class=\"flickrimg\" alt=\"IMG_7820\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My plan was to have breakfast then get a motorcycle to take me to the War Remnants Museum &#8211; figuring I could walk home from there. Since it was still cool, I decided instead to walk to the museum, and then see about getting a motorcycle back. On the way I stopped at a few &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/22\/remnants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Remnants&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ho-chi-minh-city","category-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}