Poor Buggers

I have to say I was a little surprised to see the “Dog Meat Market” marked on the map but I’ve never been that much of a dog lover. The thing that I’ll never forget unfortunately is seeing a metal bowl of water over one of the coal burners that are everywhere here, the surface thrashing around. Looking more closely and seeing a turtle, it’s body bigger than a big hand doing what might have been a funny dance if it clearly wasn’t a horrendous reaction to being boiled alive. A lot of the food is live here and the market in the old town part of Hanoi seems to be the place to see it. I can handle it all except the turtle I think! That was just too far! Where fridges are pretty uncommon I guess it’s a good thing. I survived a raw squid salad a few days ago!