Cat Tien Vietnam

We spent four days at a national park/preserve outside of Saigon, which is famous for the protection of the endangered Java rhino. The park has only 8, while the remaining population live in Indoneasa.It was trully beautiful, and peacful in a really loud jungle sort of way. A nice contrast to the crazy concreat jungle of Saigon!Trying to be thrifty travelors, we slept outside with only our hammoks and a mosquito net and rented bikes to explore. One day we rode, and hiked, into Crokodile lake, paddled around in a canoe observing the splashes here and there around us (we assured the crokodiles were human friendly) and spoke with the resident park ranger.On our last day we went with an indigenous/minority man named K'Woai to his village. We spoke with him about creating a business relationship where we can purchase their crafts (woven cloth, cloths, bags, wallets, belts, etc.)and create a market for them in the U.S. This would create a better source of income than they currently recieve from selling to tourists, and it can sustain and support their cultural arts and traditions. This was extreamly exciting for me as it is a business idea I have been working on for manny years, since my first trip to Peru when I befriended a family of Alpaca weavers. So I have been building the relationships through out my travels and now, finally, I have begun the process of actuall commerce (we will be bringing home a selection of beautiful, hand woven crafts to assess the interest at home). :)K'Woai is an itellegent and wise man, and a pleasure to be around. I look forward to the potential of this relationship. :)