Originally Posted by
Tokyo Blue
I went to Vietnam a couple of years ago and went to the war museum in Ho Chi Minh. Fascinating yet harrowing stuff, and I wanted to go on a tour of the network of tunnels that Viet Cong soldiers made and used to make guerrilla attacks on US and South Vietnamese soldiers, but didn't have time.
But while I was there, I saw first hand about how tough the Vietnamese are and why it's not unbelievable that they won. In the big backpackers district, a group of American tourists tried leaving a restaurant without paying the full amount and the staff had a right go at them. The staff consisted of a young lad in his early 20s, a woman in about her 40s and another woman who looked about 60 (probably family owned) and they each had a big bottle of beer in hand ready to smash the yanks with if it got ugly.
In the end, the middle-aged woman grabbed one of the yanks' chain and broke it, and he started wailing before even other tourists told them to feck off. "WTF? You, like, broke my $3000 dollar chain, man"... bellends.
Oh, and I also played 5-a-side against some Vietnamese guys when I lived in Korea. They were tough, left feet in but solid honest players who worked and battled hard. And the keeper saved a volley of mine which I still can't understand how he saved it...