Mind If I Touch Your Nose To See What It Feels Like? - Hanoi, Vietnam: Part 2
March 17th 2008 Since Hanoi was fabulous, we decided to stay a week. We visited a Traditional Healing Hospital because Gabe wanted to try "cupping", a traditional remedy said to heal what ails you and give you overall better health. The procedure itself cost $1.50, but the pre-exam, consisting of a pulse check, cost $7. Cupping involves lighting a cotton ball on fire, holding glass cups over the cotton ball, then
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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 
