Along the Back Streets and By Ways

While the large cities of Ho Chi Min and Hanoi are crowded and noisy, the countryside is lush and green. Much of the jungle was denuded during the American war, but they have reforested with pine trees which soar tall and straight over the hillsides. The land is covered with lakes and rivers.





Pale green rice fields fill the lowlands; vegetable patches and greenhouses filled with flowers blanket the hills.





Coffee plantations are found in the highlands where the dark green shrubs covered with red berries line the roadways and front yards harbor rich brown beans left on the ground to dry in the sun.