Today I have a completely ‘WTF is that!’ travel photo from Gemma and Craig, who run Two Scots Abroad. Here they are having a great time somewhere out in the big wide world!
They are downing tools as teacher and tradesman to take a sabbatical and travel The Americas, beginning at SXSW Music Festival.
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Anyway, their pic is from a trip they undertook to Vietnam. This definitely falls into the ‘masters of transport and logistics’ series of pics I have on this website, which is about loads greatly exceeding the engineering capacity of the vehicles they are transported on!
Other examples I’ve featured from Vietnam include:
- How To Ride a Box – with an Ox!, and
- Multiple pig motorbike transport services!
Just remember in Asia and other third world places, dietary intakes can be quite different to those in the First World and they have to eat pretty much what is easy and cheap. You won’t too many filet mignons out this way. They may eat animals we consider as pets, but remember, it’s a different culture, so these animals are viewed in the same way we view cattle, sheep, pigs and chicken – as food!
But somehow, I don’t think this guy is going to win any awards from the RSPCA any time soon!
WARNING, this post probably isn’t for the animal lovers out there.
Anyway, here it is!
The Cat Man from Vietnam Story!
As we patiently sit on our minibus travelling from Hanoi towards the port to take us on our Halong Bay Booze Cruise (never again), this man pops into our peripheral.
There was me, innocently gazing at the workers manning the fields and I’m hit with a man on a moped which is carrying…. a bag of dead kittens AND a cage of alive ones. Look at those eyes, they are boring into my soul- save me!
We share our horror with our Vietnamese friend, Nhung, she advises us that in rural Vietnam ‘cats for snacks’ is still common but reassures us that city folk frown upon it. She has tasted dog though, and liked it.
The Travel Tart: I’d like trying all sorts of food, even the completely bizarre, but I’d find it hard to eat something that I’ve had as a pet!
But, that’s the way it is.
More Vietnamese Posts:
- Funny Shop Names – The Tit Shop!
- Bong Coffee – Funny Shop Name!
- Cong Caphe – Funny Not Allowed Sign!
- The Best Home Made Hydrating Face Mask!
- Vietnamese Coffee Shops in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – The Ký Ức Cafe & Restaurant. Caffeine on Steroids!
- The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – The Brutal Sculpture
- The Best Luxury Resorts In Vietnam – Banyan Tree Lang Co! Not Exactly Slumming It!
- Edible Bird’s Nest – Swiftlet Saliva Soup!
- Rage Against The Machine Album Cover – The Story Behind The Story
- Vietnamese Scooters and Motorbike Photos – Bikes Of Burden!
- Adventure Motorcycles – the Toilet Brush Version!
- Eating Dog Head – Straight From The Supermarket!
- The Cat Man From Vietnam – ‘Pet’ Transport!
- Food Art Presentation and Pictures – Vietnamese Style
- Travelling in Vietnam – via Buffalo Rides
- I Like Big Butts And I Cannot Lie – Unusual Buddha Photo
- Motorbike Transport Services – Vietnamese Pig Courier from Da Nang to Nha Trang
- How To Ride A Bike – With an Ox
I am still scarred! Thanks for featuring our bizarre experience.
Meow…
Are you sure, that the ones in the bag were dead? Maybe there was just not enough space in the cage? 🙁
Who knows! Nothing surprises me anymore!
There was no movement…
Uh oh!
As a Vietnamese, thank you for not judging It. Eating cats and dogs are unbearable for me too. But that’s what Vietnamese did to survive in the wars. We’re changing that thought, but not that fast 😀
it only normal if you visit Vietnam many times