Hey everyone! The new post is up: https://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/blogs/kmcgeepugetsoundedu/hong-kong-neither-china-nor-west As you all may or may not know, I spent last weekend in Hanoi, Vietnam, which was a blast. In fact, I enjoyed it much more than I had thought I would, which was definitely a pleasant surprise! The one qualm that I had about Hanoi was how it was crawling with foreigners. Before leaving, I was expecting to be in a city much less developed than Beijing or Shanghai, where we would be some of the only foreigners. Instead, I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me that I saw the same number of tourists as I did Vietnamese. It was absolutely crazy, especially having come from a city where foreigners, while not rare, are quite easy to pick out of a crowd. In Hanoi, it felt
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