I loved traveling through Southeast Asia in the 1990s because so many places seemed like they hadn’t changed in decades. Vietnam was one of those places and Cambodia another.
Take these hand-written boarding passes. My mom used one in 1965 and I used the other in 1991.
We both flew Vietnamese airlines to and from Phnom Penh, and then went on to Siem Reap to see Angkor Wat.
Can you tell which pass is from which year ? (If you click to enlarge, the caption lists the year.)
they are both very decorative. i love the way the vietnamese put all those accents over the letters.. if the cantonese did that, we would need a further decade of study to work out the tones! (i have seen it in some learning methods and believe you me it is very confusing)
I love that about Vietnamese, too. It’s almost like French, but on steroids! Oh, my. I took a Cantonese class once and it was hard! Plus, no one really agreed on how many tones Cantonese has. Is it 7 or 9?!