More just walking around...
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"It's like what Lenin said, you look for the person who will
benefit, and, uh, uh..." "I am the walrus"..."You know what
I'm trying to say"..."That f***ing bitch!"...I am the walrus"
..."Shut the f*** up, Donny! V. I. Lenin. Vladimir Illanich
Uleninov!" |
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Uncle Ho wants you |
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Hanoi Citadel |
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Out in the government center, wide French boulevards, tree-lined; a bit of traffic |
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Really nice house; maybe embassies |
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Foggy Bottom/Vietnam |
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Ho Chi Minh mausoleum; we demurred |
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The parliament; or politburo? |
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Now in the Quan Than temple, near the West Lake |
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Taoist; very Chinese |
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Truc Bach Lake, in Central Hanoi, from which was rescued the late US Senator
John McCain, a Navy flier and a very great American hero; his story is inspiring:
when his father became CinC of the Pacific Fleet, the communists offered to free him,
hoping to show the elitist nature of the US; McCain refused unless all the prisoners
be released; he was thrown into solitary for the next two years, and not released until
the war's end |
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On down the road, a durian and only durian shop |
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We think this is Vietnamese for "Please wash me!" |
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On the wedding cake street; a very different concept of wedding cakes |
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The Chateau D'Eau Hang Dau, 1894; not Art Nouveau |
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Another war memorial, 1946 |
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Inside a huge market, mostly textile and souvenirs |
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