Sunday, February 04, 2007

Curbside Petstore

Our last day in Saigon, was one to just relax and check out the city. Some museums, but mainly just daily life in the neighborhoods. I was walking down one street, witnessing an entire Asian dragon come by in pieces on the back of six motorscooters. The head and then each part of the body had its own transportation.
I looked farther down the street and there were about ten people selling animals on the curb. From where I stood it looked like puppies in small cages and wandering around the sidewalk. I kept going and there were several good looking dogs for sale. I was admiring the motorscooter mounted dog pen, when I caught the last person in the line and her goods.
Inside her small pen were three guinea pigs, and tied to the outside with red curly ribbon were five squirrels. Just hanging out waiting for a good home. Her husband also had his animals held together by red ribbon but his were turtles. One long rope of them, all strung up through the four leg holes in their shells. Quite entertaining - maybe I need to expand my definition of the term pet.

1 comment:

Kristen said...

Looking forward to seeing the picture!