Bong

Can be found in a basket at the end of a table in most local restaurants. One purchases a pinch of tobacco, fires it up and inhales quickly. Exhale a cloud of smoke and that hold off the nicotine urge for an hour or so. Cigarettes can also be bought individually, which seems to be the norm.

Heading North

March 5th 2016
Breakfast was Vietnamese style, a thin broth with vegetables, fried rice and a meat dish. We were then hustled down the slippery, mist-sprayed dirt path to the end of the road where our guide and driver awaited. He seemed to know where we were going. He mentioned a few place names I had written down as possibly interesting. We had a 7.5 hour drive ahead of us to get near the Chinese border. He wou ... 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

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