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I know that pathway in the end there. I have been there when they clear it and it is a painstaking process done with trowels... no chemicals at all and this was a real surprise to me. Since this country basically encourages roadside garbage burnoffs I thought this was shockingly environmentally responsible of them.

There is actually a saying here in Vietnam you call someone a "young Buffalo", that generally means someone who is young and more wanting to show off,

This is funny, because calling someone a buffalo or "Qwai" in Thai is basically the worst thing you can call someone. Them's fightin' words!



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I do agree that the garbage burn off on the side the road is no good. It's a big problem here... Moreover I believe, waste management needs to be addressed. With the explosive growth of the city and of the economy, what do you do with the trash mounds? just looking at the hotels around us here, the level of trash and garbage that they will produce, the bars and restaurants... There is no good solution. Perhaps implementing a incineration system much like to have on Manhattan USA would be a solution, but it costs much to set up... Trash is something that Vietnam has to start looking at and coming with better solutions for.

"young Buffalo" - trẻ trâu <- that is the proper spelling. I would not necessarily say it is a complement here, perhaps a low-level insult, or a joking comment amongst friends... I did not know calling someone a Buffalo or "Qwai" in Thai, was a big insult... I do find it fascinating the many things people find insulting. Like sticking your tongue out at somebody in New Zealand, you could be murdered for that!

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Like sticking your tongue out at somebody in New Zealand, you could be murdered for that!

I know a ton of Kiwi's and this was never mentioned. I would have taken advantage of this had I known.... only with people I know really well though of course.

The waste management in Da Nang really isn't that bad compared to other places I have been in Asia but the reliance on plastic bags and the way that the people working at the shops are just like robots when it comes to their distribution is kind of annoying to me. I go into the Full Market with my own cotton / burlap bad and despite the fact that the things I am buying are ALREADY in the reusable bag, they still try to transport them into plastic bags.

I don't know if you have ever been to a beach that isn't maintained like the ones around here are but it is plastic bag / bottle central. The area with the fancy-shmancy hotels halfway between here and Hoi An is a great example: Since there are no guests no one is maintaining it and it is just a plastic nightmare.

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The tongue sticking out as part of a "haka", kind of like a display to intimidate your opponents in more traditional Maori cultures of New Zealand. this is a good little read about it here : https://www.quora.com/What-does-sticking-out-the-tongue-mean-in-Maori-culture?share=1

Whether or not, the larger population abides by I don't know.. lol

I do agree that waste management here is fairly well and they do a super job in keeping beachfront clean. However I think that when all these hotels become full once again, and when the streets are inundated with tourists, the issues with waste management will become more apparent. I remember reading a few articles about issues in Hoi An that they were having with the dumps becoming overfull.

I also agree with you about plastic bag use. I try to bring my reusable bag and remind him to not put it in the plastic bag. lol.

I have been reading some articles and watching videos on plastic recycling and I think we will have a global solution to this in the next five years. But that's just me being an optimist. lol

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I sent my kiwi friend a message about this tongue thing and all he said was "fake news"... but he is a tiny guy so maybe he just learned from a very young age to never do it

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Hrmmmm... Perhaps it is fake news.. I guess, there's only one way to try it out right? Let's say we had to New Zealand for the weekend and stick our tongues out at some people see what happens? 🤔🤔 😱😅

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