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May 11 2008
May 12, 2008
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"To Vietnam we go. We got up at 5am, to finish packing and check out, painfully early. We had booked a cab last night for 6 am. We finished packing and checked out ..."
A travel blog entry from Ho Chi Minh City by
jesseandzoe
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Sigon via Singapore
Apr 22, 2008
(15 photos)
"Yes, Bulgarians do need visa for Vietnam. Note to self - never make plans based on a phone conversation. For example, if the Vietnamese consulate in the UK tells you that ..."
A travel blog entry from Ho Chi Minh City by
orizarska
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Cu Chi Tunnels - Down Under
Jan 12, 2008
(15 photos)
"Sinh Chao (sin chow) is our morning greeting from Sinh, our local tour guide. Not as catchy as 'Are You Ready For An Adventure' but Lauren gets to hear both anyway! Our tour arriv ..."
A travel blog entry from Ho Chi Minh City by
naysay
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North East Vietnam
Jan 12, 2008
"Hopefully will add some photos to this soon but the problem with this website is that it has a load of fancy features that are completely useless when using a dial up connection th ..."
A travel blog entry from Ninh Binh by
baileyandkerry
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Nanning to Hanoi, Vietnam
Sep 11, 2007
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"So on the 11th September we finally headed out of China and made our way into Vietnam. The bus left at 7.30 am and, dependent on customs, the journey was expected to take up ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
marshallmatters
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Everything Happens in Hanoi
Nov 17, 2007
(22 photos)
"We entered into Vietnam early in the morning after a 45 minute drive in a private mini-bus, the complete lap of luxury, we didn't know what to do with ourselves! We got stamped out ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
canaussie
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damn you Dien Bien Phu!!
Aug 6, 2007
(25 photos)
"Damn you Dien Bien Phu is what cath and I have been thinking to ourselves today as we prepare for another night in D.B.P whilst try to get to Hanoi..... I will start from the begin ..."
A travel blog entry from Dien Bien Phu by
siandcath
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Friendship Pass and Hanoi, Part I
Sep 3, 2005
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"I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on - Jean Kerr, Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, The Snake Has A ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
byrnedm
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"Some day we'll all look back on this and laugh"
Mar 30, 2006
(6 photos)
"Lonely Planet explicitly says, do NOT take the bus from Vientiane to Hanoi. They say -- but don't really go into helpful detail -- that there is an easier way to do it involving a ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
danblank
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We're in Hanoi, Honk your Horn!
Dec 2, 2007
(5 photos)
"We got to Hanoi airport and our taxi driver was already waiting for us with another passenger to our hotel. Since we needed some Dong (Vietnamese currency), Frank rushed to t ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
sfrtw
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Hanoi
Sep 23, 2007
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"Stayed in the Backpackers international in Hanoi- pretty good for a Hostel at $4 a night and met some great people. Went on a quick tour of the city on the back of a moped- quite a ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
johnbrianmess
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Its all about the Benjamins
May 21, 2007
(8 photos)
"Oh the fun i've had in Vietnam so far! My saawnthaew to get to the Vietnamese border got two flat tyres and took 6 hours to do a three hour journey, so that i arrived at immigratio ..."
A travel blog entry from Nameo and Quan Son by
benabroad
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Back in 'nam
Aug 24, 2007
(66 photos)
"Decided to stay an extra day in Bangkok but the train was fully booked to Ko Samui so have another day to kill. Getting night bus instead now in 5 hours. Sadly that does mean missi ..."
A travel blog entry from Saigon by
martyt
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flashbacks from 'Nam
Jun 24, 2005
(54 photos)
"(I should preface this update by saying I was reading "A Fortune Teller Told Me" by Tiziano Terzani and he is very critical of SE Asia moving towards a Western culture and it proba ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
twittg
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Goooooood Morning Vietnam!
Dec 4, 2006
(6 photos)
"Ok, no time to write now, but you faithful readers know we are good on our word that we will write very shortly. We'll get you those photos of Bangkok, as well as some from Vietnam ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
hancocjb
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Good Morning Viet...Oh, Ripped Off Already!
May 26, 2006
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"Rolling into Hekou on the China Vietnam border I had a couple of hours to waste before the border would open, actually had to double check the time due to the 1 hour time differenc ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
alasdairm
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Into Vietnam
Nov 3, 2006
(4 photos)
"Quite a lazy transit day. The ferry between Phnom Penh and Chau Doc in Vietnam runs one a day and only carries about 30 or 40 passengers. Travelling down the Mekong with the flow o ..."
A travel blog entry from Chau Doc by
chrislewis7
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We have arrived
Jan 3, 2007
(6 photos)
" HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Well, I'm in Saigon now. Arrived yesterday Jan. 2nd at 11am (which was Jan 1st 11pm US Eastern coast time, I believe). The Nguyne Retreat was such a challenging ..."
A travel blog entry from Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon by
adeleray
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Beautiful but busy bay of islands
Jul 26, 2005
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"Good Morning Vietnam! After the 17-hour bus ride from Phonsavan into Vietnam on Saturday 24 July (arrived at hotel at 11pm), we spent Sunday the 25th in the uneventful town of Ninh ..."
A travel blog entry from Halong Bay by
idarich
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Ho Chi Mingin'..
Jan 13, 2007
(12 photos)
"Welcome to the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi. On first impressions Hanoi is sophisticated, modern, and yet maintains a touch of the old at every turn. It has ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
natandkat
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Sand Dunes and Polluted Beaches
Aug 12, 2005
(15 photos)
"We were shocked to find out our bus would leave at 4am - honestly, who drives a bus at 4am....We arrived in the deserted part of Mui Ne sometime around 9am. Most of the places to s ..."
A travel blog entry from Mui Ne by
cookiechick6969
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Vientiane to Hanoi
Feb 22, 2006
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"In hindsight, I wish I had of not travelled to Hanoi via Vientiane. Given that Laos is a red hot travel destination for budget backpackers, two days ended up being quite expensive ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
shanewilson
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Flight to Hanoi
Feb 6, 2007
"Traveling requires a lot of decision making. I guess life in general does, but at home a lot of your daily decisions are already made. You have to wake up at a certain ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
dane
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Back in 'Nam..
Apr 10, 2008
(59 photos)
"another late blog, this one is about Vietnam! --------------------------- After our volunteer trip in Cambodia ended my friend from Wakayama, Parry and I headed to Vietnam to trave ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh by
kateinjapan
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Hanoi
Sep 30, 2006
(6 photos)
"The train from Lao Cai to Hanoi wasn't too bad, although it was no where near as good as the Chinese trains. The beds were incredibly hard and the A/C barely worked, but I was so t ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
roadtrip
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Good Morning Vietnam
Feb 23, 2006
"Arrived safe and sound in Hanoi late pm and got taken to a hostel (touts waiting at drop off point) on arrival by motorbike (first time I have agred to go on one and was an experie ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
emanddave
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Good Morning Vietnam!
Apr 12, 2007
(1 photo)
" Lesson #1 of traveling alone - never again share a hotel room with a single British man just for the sake of a) company and b) saving $5. Meet James, a 27 year old hyperactive, in ..."
A travel blog entry from Saigon by
lisa-ashley
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Saigon Arrival
May 6, 2004
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"After some bumpy plane rides and losing the entire day of May 5th, we have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, better known to many as Saigon. It was nice to have two medium length flight ..."
A travel blog entry from Ho Chi Minh City by
kally563
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'Nam
Jun 15, 2006
(8 photos)
"So we made it into Vietnam. To a place called Hoi An, a little french colonial town with one thing to do- get clothing of any shape, size, colour, or design that your imagination c ..."
A travel blog entry from Hoi An by
tracyleigh54
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Vietnam - Hanoi
Apr 4, 2007
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"As soon as we touched down in Hanoi and bundled into the taxi, we knew we had stepped foot in a city that would be both hectic and crazy. Every vehicle on the road, be it car, van ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
gonetilwhenever
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Nothing is open in this place!
Dec 8, 2005
(10 photos)
"Yesterday we got up early decided to make the most of our short stay in Vientiane. We hired a tuk tuk and got it to drive us roughly 30kms out of town to Buddha Park. On the way we ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
eatdessertfirst
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Crawled into Hanoi!
Mar 17, 2006
(7 photos)
"Crawled into Hanoi after a horrendous bus journey; well, most people are pre-warned that if they don't want to spend the 130 or so $ to fly from Vientiane, they will have a 22 hr j ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
directgb
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Sa Pa - Vietnamese Mountain Retreat!
Jun 1, 2006
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"Wow.....Cant believe that at last we are in Vietnam. Most of yesterday, the day we arrived was spent sleeping and jumping around our room in amazement that we were actually here... ..."
A travel blog entry from Sa Pa by
alinmattrtw2005
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Digging, trekking, and diving through S. Vietnam
Aug 16, 2006
(18 photos)
" Cu Chi tunnels are located near the Cambodian border and were used by the Viet-Cong ("Vietnam Communists") /North Vietnamese army. This was our first history lesson on the Vietna ..."
A travel blog entry from Nha Trang by
edamame
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It's not right, I don't get it...
Apr 10, 2006
(9 photos)
"10/04 Arrived in Hanoi after a couple of Air Asia flights. A taxi from our guesthouse met us at the airport, which was great. Iy was a reasonably long trip into the old quarter of ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
benandtrudie
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Motorcycles Galore
Nov 6, 2005
(9 photos)
"Hanoi - Capital of Vietnam, faded French grandeur, Uncle Ho's communist legacy...and more bloody motorcycles that you can possibly imagine. Cars, it appears, are a recent invention ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
el_condor
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Good morning Vietnam
Nov 21, 2005
(4 photos)
"Alarm went off unceremoniously at 5:30am so that I could be ready for our 7:45 flight to Hanoi in Vietnam. Got into a tuk-tuk and got the price down from the rip-off he originally ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
rbisset
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Stuck in Saigon
Mar 17, 2006
"My first full day in Vietnam I spent in a hospital. I had come across the border in a share taxi with a German couple with an attitude problem and I had stomach pains. In Chau Doc, ..."
A travel blog entry from Ho Chi Minh City by
bootsmade4wlkin
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Good Morning Vietnam!
May 22, 2006
(104 photos)
"The Vietnam/Cambodia water border on the Mekong River recently opened to foreigners and is becoming increasingly more popular, and sailing down the Mekong sounded a lot more intere ..."
A travel blog entry from Mekong Delta by
adamandeva
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Entrance to the Mekong Delta
Nov 27, 2005
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"To begin our journey to Vietnam we first board a 12 seater air conditioned minibus which collects us from Tat guesthouse in Phnom Penh. John and I are the only passengers on board ..."
A travel blog entry from Chau Doc by
rachel_john
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The Nam
May 14, 2006
(25 photos)
"Welcome to Viet Nam! OK, we origonally thoughgt we'd take the easy and quick route from Phom Phen(P.P.) to H.C.M.C. aka: Saigon but, being the adventurous lot that we are, we said, ..."
A travel blog entry from Chau Doc by
themooners
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Tropical getaway
Jan 9, 2005
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"Mui Ne consists of just one slightly curved road, the artery of the town. At one end, which our bus arrived from, are the five star resorts. Towards the middle are the modest bunga ..."
A travel blog entry from Mui Ne by
cobi
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VIETNAM
Oct 13, 2005
(32 photos)
"Goodbye China, Good Morning Vietnam! We board a local train at Nanjing to take us to the tiny Chinese border town of Pinxiang. As usual we are the only foreigners on the train and ..."
A travel blog entry from Saigon by
marc-patty
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Good Morning Vietnam
Apr 25, 2006
(6 photos)
"The first place we visited in Vietnam was Halong Bay, with its amazing limestone cast landscape, legend says that it was created by dragons descending into the water, well it looke ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
tracy_coward
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Lost Film!!
Jul 2, 2005
(11 photos)
"Lost pictures ..."
A travel blog entry from Saigon by
hughie
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The city of peds
Feb 8, 2006
(25 photos)
"So, forth time lucky, and we're finally leaving phnom penn, or are we. the lady at our travel agency directs us to the bus we need to take, as we're getting on, the guy says no, yo ..."
A travel blog entry from Ho Chi Mihn City (Saigon) by
mills-mcshea
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Christmas
Dec 28, 2004
(11 photos)
"December 28, 04 After a 5 hour bus ride from Savanakhet, Laos I arrived in Vietnam. Things seemed to change almost as soon as I crossed the border. Different scenery was the first ..."
A travel blog entry from Hue by
arlash
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Good Morning, Vietnam
Feb 1, 2005
(9 photos)
"Departed Kunming on the night of the 28th. Once again, I found myself on an overnight sleeper bus. When I boarded the bus, I couldn't help but laugh. Our two bunks were right next ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
luolan
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Cat Crap Island
Jul 26, 2005
(1 photo)
"Our first trip was on a tourist type excursion to Halong Bay where we boarded a Junk boat and sailed around the smaller islands taking in a visit to one of the natural caves and st ..."
A travel blog entry from Halong Bay by
pidgeandpie
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Good Morning Vietnam!!
Jun 17, 2005
(2 photos)
"Good Morning Vietnam!! Well its more like good evening really. We arrived from Guangzhou by plane at about 10.30pm and stood in a que at airport immigration for about an hour while ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
meercatvinny
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Hanoi - One Month Left
Jul 26, 2005
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"So since i last wrote I have been through Cambodia, and from Southern Vietnam up to the top, Hanoi. Cambodia is a pretty mental place, very worth going to for the sights but not th ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
bigmikey69
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Hanoi
Dec 28, 2005
"Feeling like Royalty, You know when you land in an airport and you see those guys in driver suits holding up signs for the likes of Mr Smith etc, the thought always passes your min ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
suzukistorey
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Just don't mention the war...
Nov 30, 2005
(26 photos)
"Because no one else bothers here. The Vietnamese are way past it, excepting a few Communist party cadres and the tourist attractions catering for those with a lingering interest (m ..."
A travel blog entry from Saigon by
technotrekker
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Phu Quoc: "It's Wonderbar!"
Jan 29, 2006
(8 photos)
"Once in Vietnam, I met Kevin in Saigon (a.k.a Ho Chi Minh City). For 36 hours, we stayed in Saigon, eating, drinking, walking, visiting the War Remnants Museum, and enjoying the pr ..."
A travel blog entry from Phu Quoc Island by
lraleigh
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News from Australia today
May 25, 2005
"Checking the Australian news today. Hmmmm. Doesn't make the government of Australia seem very good. TRAGEDY MARS DAY OF HEALING26.5.2005. 08:38:37 Personal tragedy has overshadowed ..."
A travel blog entry from Ho Chi Minh City by
paul
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Hanoi I - 30th anniversary
Apr 30, 2005
(11 photos)
"Hello everyone. On my last trip to Vietnam, several people asked me for some easy English books. So I stuffed my backpack with all it could handle, about 30 total. Some for friends ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
eric
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Hello Hanoi
Jan 24, 2005
(8 photos)
"Today, we find ourselves in a new city - and a new country. We spent much of yesterday travelling from Chiang Mai to Bangkok and then on to Hanoi by plane. As Martin says it was an ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
kimandmartin
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So who won the war??
Mar 2, 2005
(11 photos)
"The contrast of Vietnam to Cambodia is huge: the streets are cleaner, the buildings are newer, tourism is organised to the nth degree and the traffic is even more insane than Cambo ..."
A travel blog entry from Saigon by
zee
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Country Number 3!!!!
Dec 28, 2004
"This was our first real border crossing by land and it proved to be a good one...or at least adventurous! We took a mini-bus from Lak Sao at midday along with 5 other Karaoke singi ..."
A travel blog entry from Vinh by
dawn_smedley
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Vietnam
Jan 9, 2005
"Hello. Of all the countries I'm visiting, Vietnam was the one I was looking forward to the most. I eat regularly at a Vietnamese restaurant in Seattle. Many of my friends at the Re ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
eric
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Motorbikes, noodle soup and Halong Bay
Jan 15, 2005
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"After a mad dash to Bangkok after checking out of the hospital we finally found ourselves on a flight to Hanoi - only a day behind schedule and very rested after the hospital stay. ..."
A travel blog entry from Hanoi by
mightylongway
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Memoirs
Mar 28, 2005
(5 photos)
""Saigon. Shit. I'm still only in Saigon. Every time I wake up here I think I'm back in the jungle..." Ok, not quite (Although I am reading "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad at t ..."
A travel blog entry from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) by
will
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