Visiting the body
April 4th 2009 Going to see Uncle Ho's preserved body was probably one of the creepiest things I've done in a long time. I guess I went out of macabre curiosity and a sort of side-show interest, which I realize is not the most respectful of attitudes, but I can assure you that I had second thoughts about the whole thing once I got there.
Ho Chi Minh was born in 1890 and led the Viet Minh Independence movem
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