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Money Grubbing, Cultural Guffaws, and GI distress

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March 13th 2006
Long time no blog. Sorry, if you were upset. No problem if you weren't, and you're welcome if you were sick of all this self indulgent dribble. Speaking of self indulgent, (tangential thought) the other day we wrote a scathing email to CNN who showed a piece about how a woman in NYC is suing a hotel for 20 million USD b/c she got bites from bed bugs. She had "emotional distress" and "now hotel ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Khanh Hoa » Nha Trang

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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