Five million dollars

One really good thing about our house is that we have no neighbours - and this in the middle of extremely densely populated Hanoi. One one side we have the owners "garden", a piece of land where he most likely and probably sooner than later (when he has made enough money from our rent) will build another house. But not yet. It is still just a mess of mango trees, banana plants and orchids. In front we have the little lake. And finally, on the other side there is, strange enough, a totally abandonded piece of land. Just huge bamboo and trees growing wild, no-one ever there. Until last week. When a big group of young men stormed in and cleared the whole lot in a few days. And, yesterday, we got it confirmed: the land has been sold. The price: five million dollars. Million. Dollars. Thats about 35 million kronor. For a little piece of muddy land next to a dirty pond. Now it is of course just a matter of short time until our backyard will turn into a construction site. Including the regular workers-from-the-countryside camp. They will live there and they will work long hours, seven days a week. We know we have been spoiled, but couldnt they have waited just another six months...

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