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- Platoon
- The War Between Tourists And Touts - Rebel Without A Clue - A Plan To Be Spontaneous - Good Morning, Vietnam; Bad Evening, Vietnam - Temporary Ceasefire - The Vietnamese Version - The Dow Jones Industrial Average Is Down A Quarter Of A Point - The Touts Are A'Changin' - Blame America - Mekong Enterprises |
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December 13, 2004
PlatoonDAY 418: "I really feel guilty being here," said fellow American Dara at the border crossing into Vietnam. "I gave my form [to the customs officer] and he read it and said, 'American' and just gave me this look."...Read this entry December 18, 2004
The War Between Tourists And ToutsDAY 419: "Did you ever see the movie Speed?" I asked Brit Lisa in the back row of the bus gunning us from Vinh to Hanoi that morning. Unlike the rest of the bus, the back row was elevated in...Read this entry Rebel Without A ClueDAY 420: If there's one distinct memory of Hanoi that Western tourists will bring home, it's the image of Hanoi's crazy traffic, a majority of which is comprised of motorbikes. Hanoiites (Hanoiers? Hanoians?) zip around the streets, sans helmets, to...Read this entry A Plan To Be SpontaneousDAY 421: My "platoon" that I had arrived with in Vietnam two days before was on a much more relaxed schedule than me; they were after all in Vietnam with vacation/holiday-mentality, not that there's anything wrong with that. I on...Read this entry December 19, 2004
Good Morning, Vietnam; Bad Evening, VietnamDAY 422: There was a peaceful, quiet darkness in my cabin near the engine room on the boat in Ha Long Bay, just before the break of dawn. My German cabinmate Andy and I were snug under our covers in...Read this entry December 20, 2004
Temporary CeasefireDAY 423: When historians think of Vietnam, chances are they immediately think of The American War from 1965 to 1973 -- well, that's what I think of at least. In each entry I've written about Vietnam so far, I've eluded...Read this entry The Vietnamese VersionDAY 424: When I was fifteen, one year short of being able to get a legal work permit, friend and Blogreader wheat and I made some cash to buy music cassettes (yes, I said "cassettes") by working off the books...Read this entry The Dow Jones Industrial Average Is Down A Quarter Of A PointDAY 425: It has been brought to my attention that there are people out there who use travel Blogs (such as this one) as a informational resource for making their own travel plans. Can you believe that? People actually read...Read this entry December 22, 2004
The Touts Are A'Changin'DAY 426: In 1973, the Paris Peace Accords put an end to The American War in Vietnam. The US conceded to North Vietnam and eventually pulled out its troops so that Vietnam could begin the road to recovery. Two years...Read this entry Blame AmericaDAY 427: Allow me to reiterate a statement from a previous entry: "History is written by the winners." In Vietnam, "history" has painted US Troops of The American War in Vietnam as heartless, imperial scumbag bad guys, the same way...Read this entry December 23, 2004
Mekong EnterprisesDAY 428: The Mekong, one the world's great rivers, touches six countries -- Tibetan China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam -- and has provided prosperity for those places in terms of trade and agriculture for centuries, as most rivers...Read this entry |