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... Comrade Lenin in Moscow in 1996. The HCM experience is quite similar, with a dark gray, boxy stone building inscribed with his name, a slowly processing line of people paying their respects, and the dark room with the well lit dead guy. After this solemn and slightly morbid beginning, we toured the Presidential Palace grounds, which contains a large building which housed the French governor during that period of history, a more modest ...

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... awful bar! It was quite smokey and a bit scabby. Then we went to the funky buddah but it was quite expensive ( probably still only 1.50 for a beer!) We left there and everywhere was shut- it was completely dead. I spoje to an english boy who had been here for 5 months and told us the skanky bar we had been in was our best bet, or there was a party boat on the river. Taht sounded fun so we headed on our journey by foot to the lake, where it was equally as ...

... it would be ok. But it didn’t make things any better it just seemed to **** him off more, so I stopped apologizing.

The police arrived and a guy on the street that spoke English said he'd help with translation if I wanted. Well, that ****** him off even more because he thought he was defending me and he started yelling at him then. Meanwhile I'm sitting on a doorstep with my leg swelling up and bleeding and a crowd gathering around me. I ...

... old educational practice and "Jealousy scene" satirizing the polygamous system. But the most famous ones are the pictures of pigs with Ying and Yang circles on the bodies. People in the countryside used to buy Dong Ho pictures for decoration during Tet.

Dong Ky village is located in Tien Son district, Bac Ninh - a village has still preserved several historical and cultural relics. The tutelary spirit is the person who is of both high ...

... influence still and we got a well needed iron intake here with a good steak au poivre and a glass of red wine for good measure. After a couple of days of mostly eating, we got a night bus to Luang Prabang, another VIP bus which cost a lot but as we were saving on accommodation, it seemed a good idea. As it turns out, there were no beds and the AC and toilet which make a VIP bus VIP were out of order (the toiled was stacked full of boxes and a bike for the driver to make ...

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We visited the Hanoi Hilton (prison) on Monday; it was pretty interesting and quite funny. There was a lot of propaganda about the war and how well they treated the US prisoners even though they were very poor. There was even a brochure with the general message of come to our prison and you'll have great fun. It explained that they threw parties for the prisoners, taught them about Vietnam and gave them ...

Hi all.

Its Nicholas now continuing from Samuel. I would like to point out that when your hair is as curly as mine, and gets wet, it is absolutely necessary to straighten it!

Anyway, on Wednesday morning, pretty early (Samuel couldn't get out of bed), we left Singapore for Hanoi. Flight was about 3 hours, and was a good chance to catch up on some sleep and plan our Vietnam adventures. This would have been the case if the guy sitting next to us ...

... We also learned from Ling that Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has heavier foods (darker broth and more oil in pho, she does not like it), spicier in the middle of the country (Hue and Hoi An) and lighter in Hanoi (her favourite). She showed us a brief clip from a French film. The film is about a young Vietnamese maid (10 yrs old) learning how to cook for the masters. It was a good way to show a Vietnamese kitchen. They had the rice and soup already prepared and fried ...

... the waterlines for where the floods water reached each year! The most recent one was only a month back before our visit. The highest point recorded was in the year 1964 when the flood waters reach the 1st floor and totally covered the ground floor. But the most amazing thing was the structures of this shophouse are still beautifully preserved in their ORIGINAL STATE and most of them are made of solid wood! The shophouses in Ancient town ...