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Traveltalk Vietnamese with Book(s)

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Wow! Only 300 basic words and phrases but what a wonderfully useful little guide. The audio was just right on for a beginner like me. Allowed me to hear and practice before the trip but the best part was the incredible 2x8=16 (front and back) panel folding booklet that came with the cassette. I can't tell you how many times I pulled it out of my pocket and pointed to a word to a native in Hanoi, DaNang and Saigon and was able to get a bicycle brought to me at the hotel, a tennis racket AND lessons from a pro, an improvised "tour/sightsee" by cyclo, and the most funny of all a "NAPKIN." How weird is that, they're not a paper society, they have no concept of papertowels and such amenities. Once I asked for nuo'c cai tra'i ca^y (Fruit Juice) I had all the orange, papaya, watermellon juice they could find at the open market; freshly squeezed and put in my room. We went to the market to buy stuff and I used too expensive (da' qu'a) so much and they loved it when I said this...they are very good at bargaining but are very fair, they always lower the price if you know how to say how much (Bao nhieu) Really enjoyed the trip, it made the whole vacation so much better to be able to engage in the language and they really rewarded us for trying. One complaint, I couldn't find the CD version and there's no iPOD version. It would sell like crazy if converted to digital medium and uploaded to iTunes or a server to us mp3 enable travelers. I took my iPOD everywhere and wished I had the audio in MP3 format.