Our Speaker last week was Shane Dellavedova, chairman John Bryant.
Posted by Brian Thomas
on Mar 6, 2012
Shane spoke of his impressions of Vietnam . In this country of 60 million people he found the people to be polite, immaculate,comfortable and secure. They are a very spiritual people , adopting a combination of most religions, temples are majestic places and this keeps people secure.
He spoke of the MEKONG delta up to 100km wide and a huge long flood plain. All types of agriculture , coconuts, peppers, and all sorts of veggies everywhere. With no refrigeration fresh food is in markets everywhere, daily. Especially intriguing are the floating markets on the Mekong where trading is done boat to boat in a floating armada. In the meat markets women chop off the piece of meat you need and hand it to you. The family flew to Buckok Island on Air Mekong ...very risky!
Other features were the huge Kuala Lumpur Airport with its unmanned train running between the two major terminals. The Kuchi Tunnel and the motorbikes, mostly top class vehicles , since can't import over 5 years old.... mostly auto scooters which are made to carry a whole family. Scenery is great , government is cash strapped because it is a cash economy so cant finace works.
Thanks fopr a really interesting talk, Shane.
He spoke of the MEKONG delta up to 100km wide and a huge long flood plain. All types of agriculture , coconuts, peppers, and all sorts of veggies everywhere. With no refrigeration fresh food is in markets everywhere, daily. Especially intriguing are the floating markets on the Mekong where trading is done boat to boat in a floating armada. In the meat markets women chop off the piece of meat you need and hand it to you. The family flew to Buckok Island on Air Mekong ...very risky!
Other features were the huge Kuala Lumpur Airport with its unmanned train running between the two major terminals. The Kuchi Tunnel and the motorbikes, mostly top class vehicles , since can't import over 5 years old.... mostly auto scooters which are made to carry a whole family. Scenery is great , government is cash strapped because it is a cash economy so cant finace works.
Thanks fopr a really interesting talk, Shane.