Even before leaving for Vietnam we heard reports that the country was devastated by a typhoon. Upon arriving in Hanoi we met other travelers that had been evacuated from the south central coast and shared stories with us about the effects of the storm. It wasn't until we made it to Hoi An that we saw the damage first hand. For those that don't know, and we didn't really either, a typhoon is a strong "tropical cyclone" formed in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon).
While on a casual bike ride outside the touristy part of town we found people cleaning up and getting back to life as usual.
And though seeing the bikes covered in mud made Aaron very sad we were happy to see the storm had not caused as much damage as we might have imagined.
SAD!
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