Ruins...

Suits and sea urchins, mud and mulberry wine

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July 23rd 2008
Equipo, It is currently pouring buckets of rain just outside the internet cafe in Da Lat in the southern highlands of Vietnam. Every minute or so about five gallons of water come pouring off the veranda of the shop across the street when the water weighs it down too much. Three minutes ago there was nothing falling from the sky. Nam. Da Lat is a puzzling town to us, the tourists it attracts ... read more

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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