Another statue and a really awful handicapped ramp

I wouldn't say that Vietnam is very accommodating to the mobility limited individual. Basically, if you are in a wheelchair you better have some serious assistance because I wouldn't say that the environment is terribly "ramp-filled." Every now and then you will encounter a place that has what appears to be at least an attempt at helping people who might be in a wheelchair but it is pretty crazy the designs these things have.

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The first bit is irritating enough because i don't believe it is actually even wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair, but that last bit is just nuts.

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I mean look at that thing! I'm not a physics professor, but is it even possible to get up something that steep on a wheelchair without tipping over backwards? I don't understand why they would do something like this.

I can't say for sure because I did not venture inside but I am hoping that they have elevator access downstairs and if that is the case, why bother with this ramp at all anyway?

Now on to the statue that you can actually see in the background of the first pic. I guess it is ok but certainly not world class.

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Is it an old-timey shoe? That's what I first thought. But upon closer inspection it is actually the letter "H" because the hotel it is in front of starts with "H" and the bottom bit is a wave that is crashing into it.

I guess it's ok but to be honest I hope they didn't spend very much money on it because I think it is gaudy-looking enough that it may have been better if they just didn't have it at all.

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