
Hoan Kiem Lake in the center of Hanoi.
I know beforehand that there will be a healthy portion of propaganda and I had seen the cult of personality still being pursued by the government, but I feel like I’m missing something at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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February 19, 2015 | Categories: Asia, Travel, Vietnam | Tags: asia, beer, beers, capitalism, coffee, colonialism, communism, Confucius, day in the life, hanoi, ho chi minh, museums, old town, SE Asia, socialism, temple of literature, tourism, tourists, travel, uncle ho, Vietnam | Leave a comment

Cai Rong floating market at sunrise.
Traveling from Cambodia to Vietnam by bus is like going from Three Oaks, Michigan directly to Times Square without everything between. The minibus is packed with a mix of foreigners with their legs crammed against the seats in front of them and locals. We pick up and drop off several people along the way as the bus swims through a sea of motorbikes like a shark through a school of minnows, honking the whole way.
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February 9, 2015 | Categories: Asia, Travel, Vietnam | Tags: asia, backpackers, backpacking, banh mi, beer, beers, border crossing, Can Tho, coffee, floating market, Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta, Mekong River, Saigon, SE Asia, tourism, travel, vegetarian, Vietnam | Leave a comment