MTV: Cribs Vietnam

Welcome to MTV: Cribs Vietnam featuring Vietnam's most eligible bachelor aka my dad... Mr. Ben! Here's the view of his house from the 6th floor balcony, which over looks two different lakes.
WARNING: The furniture and interior of this house is extremely colorful please proceed w/ caution... HAHA

Here's the 6th floor kitchen and dinning area. Outside you'll find a marble waterfall w/ a koy fish pond w/ two turtles.


The 5th floor gaming/living room. Notice there's lots of green!




No Homo!

I'll have more pictures of the garage and bedrooms but its currently being repainted. Look out for part II of MTV: Cribs Vietnam coming soon!

The Most Baller Shit... EVER!

Last week I had dinner with a few of my dad's friends and I meet the equivalent to the Donald Trump of Vietnam. I was told he owned his own island near Ha Long Bay, which according to Wikipedia is "World Heritage listed by UNESCO at the 18th meeting of the Committee of the World Heritages of UNESCO (in Thailand on December 17th, 1994). It is one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations."

I had the opportunity to visit his island resort a few days ago and I must say... It's the most ballerist shit I've ever seen! How many can say they own their own island... At first I was thinking it was probably a small island the size of Mt. Carmel High School but its a full on resort, golf course, 5 star hotel, amusement part... blah blah blah. Check out the website there's an overview of the entire island.

TUAN CHAU RESORT
Here's a 360 degree view of Ha Long Bay.Here we are w/ Mr. Trump Vietnam


Dolphin Stadium

The Executive Office

David Beckham???


Seaside Villas Beach Front Lobby




What doesn't belong here? HAHA

Mr. Trump had an incredible charismatic personality. You could tell he was important by the way he presented himself. Great learning experience! We were asked to stay at his resort but we had to decline b/c my dad's a busy guy.

Twenty Pho Hour Fitness

Here's a few pictures from the gym my dad goes to. He just bought me a membership for this month... It cost $240! Thats way more than 24 hour fitness back at home. But it really nice and its located inside a 5 star hotel on the 4th floor. Check the pics...

Here is the picture of the hotel... Its walking distance from my dad's house.


The view from the gym is really nice...

Company Field Trip

This morning I left the house at 4:30AM to meet at the company office w/ our employees for a field trip to the city of Lang Son. Lang Son is about 3-4 hours away from Hanoi and is the bordering city between Vietnam and China. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to go b/c my dad wasn't going and neither was Mr. Bentley (my dad's right hand man)... But I'm really glad I did b/c I got to see different parts of Vietnam and hang out w/ the company employees. We had two tour buses full of people... Fun times!

Here we are at one of our few pit stops... Thats my dad's older brother on the far right. He's really goofy!


On our way we stopped by two different temples where people prayed for a prosperous 2007. The first temple we stopped by was deep in the wilderness. We had to all partner up and hitch a ride on the back of motorcycles.

Here we are crossing a sketchy bridge... The surrounding area was beautiful!



Here I am w/ a few of our employees.

Willy's Workshop!!!

Here's the second temple we visited.

This is a pretty funny looking statue... HAHA




Lunch Time...




Check this sick pair of Meike Air 360s... HAHA

Anyone want an iPod?


We visited a few markets on our way...

Check out these gnarly mosquito swatters... All you have to do is swing it around and mosquitoes start to get zapped.

This one's for TJ and Ron... Have you ever seen a pipe this big? HAHA

We finally made it back to the office at 9:00PM... I ended up going w/ my uncle to his house to visit his family. This my 9 year old cousin Viet. PEACE!!!

Here's his 17 month old brother.

Check out this funny picture they had of me and Drew holding Viet when we visited in 2001. Dude... Viet has a Ronald size head... HAHA

It was great to get a chance to venture outside of Hanoi and see different parts of Vietnam. The company employees are like a big family... I had a great time but when I got home just a few moments ago I had the shits b/c of all the strange things I ate.

OK... Have fun tonight guys! Happy Birthday Sister Bear... You're people wish you the best! HAHA

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