Vietnam is littered with communist propaganda everywhere you go. Most of it is pretty cool; some of it is a little scary. This particular gem on the banks of Sword Lake in Hanoi made me stop dead in my tracks.
Those bloody hands have destroyed New Zealand and wiped out the entire East Coast of Australia!
Having just come off a 14-hour sleeper bus and feeling a little bit like the living dead, this monument to my homeland’s destruction left me feeling dazed and confused.
My mind was reeling with questions: what do those hands have against Antipodeans? Whose hands are they anyway? Is Vietnam so large you can swim there from Australia?
Apparently it’s a symbolic sculpture for peace and hope, as in “I hope that giant dove doesn’t crap on me!”
Looking for a laugh? Check out my post Giraffe restroom and other funny signs. For information about Vietnam look no further than Vietnam travel tips learnt the hard way.
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RoadTripWorms
17 December 2012 at 15:49 (UTC 12) Link to this comment
Funny to find this site since I’m a vietnamese exploring Kiwi land
Simon Petersen
17 December 2012 at 20:46 (UTC 12) Link to this comment
Nice! I’d love to know what you think. They’re both very different countries. I hope you enjoy your time here!
Sam
15 December 2012 at 13:46 (UTC 12) Link to this comment
Haha, if only they’d rotated it ninety degrees clockwise and we would have been fine.
Simon Petersen
16 December 2012 at 19:19 (UTC 12) Link to this comment
Haha, that’s what I thought! Cheers mate.