Last Sunday in Hanoi, I woke to a knock at my door. Bleary eyed, I pulled myself out of bed, opened the door and was surprised to see two Vietnamese lady-boys standing before me. For a moment, I thought I was still asleep, stuck in some bizarre Vietnamese nightmare, but, no, these girly boys were definitely real. I tried to shoo them away, but they wouldn't budge. It was only after a long second look that I realized these two slim figures weren't in fact lady-boys, but my two incredibly effeminate childhood friends, Scott & David DeWitt. Yes, the DeWitts had arrived in Vietnam and things were about to get weird. Two days prior to this awkward reunion, I was finishing up my stint volunteering in Cambodia. My last few days in Siem Reap were fantastic,
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