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What are we doing here, she thinks?
Staring down a drink mix of snake blood, a beating snake heart, and whiskey, I thought...

January 10th 2008
I wonder how many times I can start a story like this? I pride myself on not being too picky, not having too many serious phobias, but one near phobia is a fear of snakes. I don't know exactly what it is about them, the way the move or hiss. Regardless, I hate them. Seeing one just makes me tense. We read a little bit about a snake village across the river in Hanoi. What better way to conque ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

Vietnamese Flag The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
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