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Vietnam Revisited: Insights from a Second Trip · The Frommer's Travel Show

• 0:11
  Foreign.
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  Welcome
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  to
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  the
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  Fromer
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  Travel
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  Show.
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  I'm
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  your
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  host,
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  Pauline
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  Fromer,
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  and
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  I
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  have
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  been
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  on
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  the
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  road.
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  So
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  to
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  help
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  me
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  discuss
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  my
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  recent
• 0:32
  trip
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  to
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  Vietnam,
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  I
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  have
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  fromers.com's
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  editor
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  in
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  chief,
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  Jason
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  Cochran,
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  on
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  the
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  line.
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  Hey,
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  Jason,
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  thank
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  you
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  coming
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  on
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  to
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  grill
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  me
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  about
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  this.
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  Happy
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  New
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  Year.
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  It'll
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  be
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  a
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  light
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  grilling,
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  because
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  I
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  really
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  want
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  to
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  know
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  about
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  what
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  you
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  did,
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  what
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  you
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  saw.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  Well,
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  it
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  was
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  my
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  second
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  time
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  in
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  Vietnam,
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  and
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  I
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  had
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  very,
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  very
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  different
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  feelings
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  about
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  it.
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  It
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  was
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  interesting.
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  I
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  left
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  the
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  first
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  visit
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  to
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  Vietnam
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  absolutely
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  in
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  love
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  with
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  the
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  country.
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  And
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  the
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  second
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  visit,
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  I
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  think
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  I'm
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  on
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  the
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  fence
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  about
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  it.
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  Not
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  on
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  the
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  fence,
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  but
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  I
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  see
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  the
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  problems
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  with
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  traveling
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  there.
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  Okay,
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  you
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  became
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  more
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  of
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  a
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  realist.
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  You
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  became
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  more
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  an
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  observer
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  rather
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  than
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  strictly
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  in
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  love
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  with
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  it.
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  Yes.
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  I
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  think
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  the
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  first
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  time
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  I
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  went,
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  what
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  I
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  did
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  to
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  prepare
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  was
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  I
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  watched
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  the
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  entire
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  Ken
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  Burns
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  series
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  about
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  the
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  Vietnam
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  War.
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  And
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  at
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  the
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  end
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  of
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  that
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  series,
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  it's
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  a
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  country
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  that
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  is
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  totally
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  in
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  rubble.
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  And
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  so
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  with
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  that
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  framework,
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  seeing
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  a
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  country
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  that
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  was
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  thriving
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  and
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  where
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  Americans
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  were
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  warmly
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  welcomed,
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  it
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  was
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  such
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  a
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  surprise
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  to
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  me.
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  And
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  I
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  found
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  it
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  so
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  moving
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  that
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  I
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  think
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  that
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  very
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  much
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  colored
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  how
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  I
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  felt
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  about
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  travel
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  to
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  Vietnam.
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  And
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  I
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  didn't
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  have
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  those
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  surprises
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  this
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  time.
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  And
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  so
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  I
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  was.
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  It
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  was
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  a
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  very,
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  very
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  different
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  trip.
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  It
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  was
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  a
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  good
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  trip.
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  You
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  know,
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  I'm
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  incredibly
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  blessed
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  that
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  I
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  get
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  to
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  go
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  halfway
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  around
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  the
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  world
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  and
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  explore
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  this
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  ancient,
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  fascinating
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  culture
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  that
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  is
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  so
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  intimately
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  entwined
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  with
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  American
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  history.
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  So
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  that's
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  all
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  good
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  stuff.
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  But
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  there
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  wasn't
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  the
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  elation
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  that
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  I
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  had
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  on
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  the
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  first
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  trip,
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  and
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  I
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  think
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  it's
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  because
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  I'd
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  been
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  before.
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  But
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  it
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  also
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  might
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  have
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  to
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  do
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  with
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  who
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  I
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  was
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  traveling
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  with,
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  how
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  I
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  traveled
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  this
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  time.
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  It
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  just
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  was
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  a
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  very
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  different
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  experience.
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  Yes,
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  well,
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  that's
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  always
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  an
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  important
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  consideration.
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  Did
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  you
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  go
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  to
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  many
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  of
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  the
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  same
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  places
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  that
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  you
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  went
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  to
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  the
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  first
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  time?
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  I
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  did,
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  partially
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  because
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  it
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  was
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  my
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  daughter,
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  my
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  younger
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  daughter,
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  who
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  planned
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  the
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  itinerary.
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  She
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  wanted
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  to
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  see
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  all
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  the
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  classic
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  sites.
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  And
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  so,
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  of
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  course,
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  I
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  said
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  yes.
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  So
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  it's
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  her
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  first
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  time?
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  It
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  was
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  her
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  first
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  time.
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  It
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  was
• 3:05
  my
• 3:05
  husband's
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  first
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  time.
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  It
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  was
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  my
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  other
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  daughter's
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  first
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  time.
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  And
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  we
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  made
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  a
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  huge
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  rookie
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  mistake
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  at
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  the
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  very,
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  very
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  beginning
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  of
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  the
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  trip.
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  I
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  don't
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  know
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  why.
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  I
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  had
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  it
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  in
• 3:16
  my
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  mind
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  that
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  the
• 3:18
  last
• 3:18
  time
• 3:18
  I
• 3:18
  went
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  to
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  Vietnam,
• 3:20
  I
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  had
• 3:20
  gotten
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  my
• 3:21
  visa
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  at
• 3:22
  the
• 3:22
  airport.
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  And
• 3:24
  so
• 3:24
  I
• 3:25
  knew
• 3:25
  you
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  could
• 3:25
  apply
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  in
• 3:26
  advance
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  online,
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  but
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  I
• 3:28
  didn't
• 3:28
  do
• 3:28
  it
• 3:28
  until
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  a
• 3:29
  day
• 3:29
  before
• 3:30
  I
• 3:30
  left.
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  And
• 3:31
  I
• 3:31
  had
• 3:31
  told
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  my
• 3:32
  daughters
• 3:32
  this.
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  So
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  one
• 3:33
  hadn't
• 3:34
  applied
• 3:34
  at
• 3:35
  other
• 3:36
  had
• 3:36
  applied
• 3:36
  two
• 3:37
  days
• 3:37
  before.
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  And
• 3:39
  my
• 3:39
  husband
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  and
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  I
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  applied
• 3:40
  the
• 3:40
  day
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  before.
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  And
• 3:41
  when
• 3:41
  we
• 3:42
  showed
• 3:42
  up
• 3:42
  at
• 3:42
  the
• 3:42
  airport,
• 3:43
  we
• 3:43
  were
• 3:44
  checking
• 3:44
  in
• 3:44
  and
• 3:44
  they
• 3:45
  said,
• 3:45
  show
• 3:46
  us
• 3:46
  your
• 3:46
  visa.
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  And
• 3:47
  I
• 3:47
  said
• 3:48
  breezily,
• 3:48
  oh,
• 3:49
  it's
• 3:49
  in
• 3:49
  process
• 3:49
  still.
• 3:50
  And
• 3:51
  they
• 3:51
  said,
• 3:51
  well,
• 3:51
  we're
• 3:52
  sorry
• 3:52
  we
• 3:52
  can't
• 3:52
  check
• 3:52
  you
• 3:53
  in
• 3:53
  then.
• 3:54
  And
• 3:54
  my
• 3:55
  stomach
• 3:56
  fell
• 3:56
  through
• 3:57
  the
• 3:57
  floor.
• 3:57
  I
• 3:58
  often
• 3:58
  say
• 3:58
  that
• 3:58
  it's
• 3:59
  my
• 3:59
  job
• 3:59
  to
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  make
• 4:00
  all
• 4:00
  of
• 4:00
  the
• 4:01
  stupidest
• 4:01
  mistakes
• 4:03
  so
• 4:03
  that
• 4:03
  our
• 4:03
  listeners
• 4:04
  and
• 4:04
  readers
• 4:04
  don't.
• 4:05
  And
• 4:05
  boy,
• 4:05
  oh
• 4:06
  boy,
• 4:06
  was
• 4:06
  this
• 4:06
  a
• 4:06
  stupid
• 4:07
  mistake.
• 4:08
  Luckily,
• 4:08
  you
• 4:09
  know,
• 4:09
  sort
• 4:10
  of
• 4:10
  like
• 4:10
  you
• 4:10
  thought
• 4:10
  you
• 4:10
  knew,
• 4:11
  but
• 4:11
  you
• 4:11
  didn't
• 4:11
  know.
• 4:11
  And
• 4:12
  it
• 4:12
  always
• 4:12
  bears
• 4:12
  to
• 4:13
  double
• 4:13
  check
• 4:13
  these
• 4:13
  things.
• 4:14
  I
• 4:14
  think
• 4:15
  this
• 4:15
  goes
• 4:15
  down
• 4:15
  to
• 4:15
  more
• 4:15
  to
• 4:15
  your
• 4:16
  experience.
• 4:16
  You
• 4:16
  just,
• 4:16
  you
• 4:16
  travel
• 4:17
  so
• 4:17
  much,
• 4:18
  right,
• 4:18
  that
• 4:18
  I
• 4:19
  just
• 4:19
  assumed
• 4:19
  your
• 4:20
  memory
• 4:20
  was
• 4:21
  the
• 4:21
  correct
• 4:21
  version
• 4:22
  of
• 4:22
  things.
• 4:23
  So
• 4:23
  always
• 4:23
  double
• 4:24
  check.
• 4:24
  Yeah,
• 4:25
  always
• 4:25
  double
• 4:25
  check
• 4:26
  is
• 4:26
  the,
• 4:26
  is
• 4:26
  what
• 4:27
  you
• 4:27
  need
• 4:27
  to
• 4:27
  do.
• 4:27
  If
• 4:28
  I
• 4:28
  had
• 4:28
  applied
• 4:29
  three
• 4:29
  days
• 4:29
  in
• 4:30
  advance,
• 4:30
  it
• 4:30
  would
• 4:30
  have
• 4:30
  been
• 4:31
  fine,
• 4:31
  but
• 4:31
  one
• 4:31
  day
• 4:31
  in
• 4:32
  advance
• 4:32
  was
• 4:32
  a
• 4:32
  problem.
• 4:33
  And
• 4:33
  so
• 4:34
  it
• 4:34
  was
• 4:34
  about
• 4:35
  7
• 4:35
  in
• 4:35
  the
• 4:35
  morning,
• 4:37
  7:30.
• 4:38
  I'd
• 4:38
  gotten
• 4:38
  to
• 4:39
  the
• 4:39
  airport
• 4:39
  very
• 4:39
  early,
• 4:40
  the
• 4:41
  flight
• 4:41
  was
• 4:41
  at
• 4:41
  11.
• 4:42
  And
• 4:43
  we
• 4:44
  had
• 4:44
  engaged
• 4:45
  the
• 4:46
  tour
• 4:46
  guide
• 4:47
  who
• 4:47
  had
• 4:47
  accompanied
• 4:48
  the
• 4:48
  group
• 4:48
  I
• 4:49
  led
• 4:49
  last
• 4:49
  time
• 4:50
  to
• 4:50
  Vietnam.
• 4:51
  Last
• 4:51
  time
• 4:51
  I
• 4:51
  went
• 4:51
  to
• 4:51
  Vietnam,
• 4:52
  it
• 4:52
  was
• 4:53
  in
• 4:53
  the
• 4:53
  company
• 4:53
  of
• 4:54
  the
• 4:54
  listeners
• 4:54
  to
• 4:55
  our
• 4:55
  radio
• 4:55
  show,
• 4:56
  back
• 4:56
  when
• 4:56
  we
• 4:57
  had
• 4:57
  a
• 4:57
  radio
• 4:57
  show.
• 4:58
  And
• 4:59
  so
• 5:00
  I
• 5:00
  called
• 5:00
  him
• 5:01
  and
• 5:01
  I
• 5:02
  said,
• 5:02
  oh
• 5:02
  my
• 5:02
  God,
• 5:02
  what
• 5:03
  do
• 5:03
  we
• 5:03
  do?
• 5:03
  And
• 5:03
  he
• 5:04
  said,
• 5:04
  I
• 5:04
  have
• 5:04
  a
• 5:05
  friend.
• 5:05
  And
• 5:06
  his
• 5:06
  friend
• 5:06
  was
• 5:07
  Katie.
• 5:08
  And
• 5:08
  Katie
• 5:09
  worked
• 5:09
  for
• 5:10
  Aurora
• 5:10
  Travel,
• 5:11
  which
• 5:11
  is
• 5:12
  one
• 5:12
  of
• 5:12
  these
• 5:12
  companies
• 5:13
  that
• 5:14
  does
• 5:15
  all
• 5:15
  of
• 5:15
  the
• 5:15
  on
• 5:16
  the
• 5:16
  ground
• 5:17
  staffing
• 5:18
  and
• 5:19
  planning
• 5:20
  for
• 5:21
  big
• 5:21
  tour
• 5:22
  companies
• 5:22
  that
• 5:23
  aren't
• 5:23
  in
• 5:23
  Vietnam.
• 5:25
  So
• 5:26
  last
• 5:26
  time
• 5:26
  I
• 5:26
  was
• 5:27
  there,
• 5:27
  I
• 5:27
  was
• 5:27
  there
• 5:27
  with
• 5:28
  a
• 5:28
  company
• 5:28
  called
• 5:28
  World
• 5:29
  Spree.
• 5:30
  I
• 5:30
  had
• 5:30
  wrongly
• 5:30
  assumed
• 5:31
  that
• 5:31
  they
• 5:32
  had
• 5:32
  made
• 5:32
  all
• 5:32
  the
• 5:32
  preparations
• 5:33
  for
• 5:33
  the
• 5:33
  trip.
• 5:34
  It
• 5:34
  actually
• 5:34
  was
• 5:34
  Aurora
• 5:35
  Travel,
• 5:36
  they
• 5:36
  had.
• 5:37
  Your
• 5:37
  details
• 5:37
  ready
• 5:37
  to
• 5:38
  go,
• 5:38
  so.
• 5:39
  Well,
• 5:39
  no,
• 5:39
  they
• 5:39
  didn't
• 5:39
  have
• 5:39
  my
• 5:40
  details,
• 5:40
  so
• 5:40
  I
• 5:40
  had
• 5:40
  to
• 5:41
  give
• 5:41
  them
• 5:41
  my
• 5:42
  passport.
• 5:42
  I
• 5:42
  had
• 5:43
  to
• 5:43
  give
• 5:43
  them
• 5:44
  my
• 5:44
  daughter's
• 5:44
  passport.
• 5:45
  One
• 5:45
  kid
• 5:46
  was
• 5:46
  sick
• 5:46
  and
• 5:46
  she
• 5:47
  wasn't
• 5:47
  answering
• 5:47
  her
• 5:48
  phone.
• 5:48
  We
• 5:49
  finally
• 5:49
  got
• 5:49
  through
• 5:49
  to
• 5:49
  her
• 5:50
  and
• 5:51
  within
• 5:52
  40
• 5:52
  minutes
• 5:53
  she
• 5:54
  had
• 5:54
  gotten
• 5:54
  us
• 5:55
  an
• 5:55
  expedited
• 5:56
  visa.
• 5:57
  It
• 5:57
  was
• 5:58
  amazing.
• 5:59
  I
• 5:59
  had
• 5:59
  gone
• 6:00
  up
• 6:00
  30
• 6:00
  minutes
• 6:01
  into
• 6:01
  this
• 6:01
  process
• 6:02
  desperately
• 6:02
  on
• 6:02
  the
• 6:03
  phone.
• 6:03
  Actually,
• 6:04
  we
• 6:04
  were
• 6:04
  on
• 6:04
  WhatsApp,
• 6:05
  texting
• 6:06
  one
• 6:06
  another
• 6:07
  back
• 6:07
  and
• 6:07
  forth.
• 6:08
  And
• 6:08
  I'd
• 6:08
  gone
• 6:08
  up
• 6:08
  to
• 6:09
  the
• 6:09
  desk
• 6:09
  again
• 6:09
  and
• 6:09
  said,
• 6:10
  I'm
• 6:10
  going
• 6:10
  to
• 6:11
  get
• 6:11
  a
• 6:11
  letter
• 6:11
  that
• 6:12
  will
• 6:12
  allow
• 6:12
  us
• 6:12
  to
• 6:13
  board.
• 6:13
  And
• 6:13
  the
• 6:13
  manager
• 6:14
  Said,
• 6:14
  there's
• 6:14
  no
• 6:15
  such
• 6:15
  letter.
• 6:15
  That's
• 6:16
  not
• 6:16
  going
• 6:16
  to
• 6:16
  happen.
• 6:17
  And
• 6:17
  then
• 6:18
  amazingly
• 6:19
  enough,
• 6:20
  when
• 6:20
  I
• 6:20
  got
• 6:20
  the
• 6:20
  letter,
• 6:21
  he
• 6:21
  looked
• 6:21
  at
• 6:21
  it
• 6:22
  and
• 6:22
  we
• 6:22
  boarded.
• 6:24
  What
• 6:25
  a
• 6:25
  terrible
• 6:25
  feeling
• 6:26
  that
• 6:26
  was
• 6:26
  though.
• 6:27
  It
• 6:27
  was
• 6:27
  sort
• 6:28
  of
• 6:28
  sinking.
• 6:29
  Dreadful
• 6:30
  feeling.
• 6:31
  You're
• 6:31
  lucky
• 6:32
  that
• 6:32
  congratulation
• 6:33
  when
• 6:33
  I
• 6:33
  got.
• 6:35
  And
• 6:35
  I'm
• 6:35
  glad
• 6:35
  you
• 6:35
  left
• 6:35
  on
• 6:36
  a
• 6:36
  weekday
• 6:36
  and
• 6:36
  not
• 6:36
  a
• 6:36
  weekend
• 6:37
  because
• 6:37
  that
• 6:37
  probably
• 6:37
  wouldn't
• 6:38
  have
• 6:38
  been
• 6:38
  possible.
• 6:38
  They
• 6:38
  were
• 6:39
  all
• 6:39
  at
• 6:39
  their
• 6:39
  desks
• 6:40
  when
• 6:40
  you
• 6:40
  needed
• 6:40
  them
• 6:40
  to
• 6:41
  be.
• 6:41
  Yeah,
• 6:42
  yeah,
• 6:42
  yeah.
• 6:42
  And
• 6:43
  it
• 6:43
  was
• 6:43
  I
• 6:44
  think
• 6:44
  8
• 6:44
  o'
• 6:44
  clock
• 6:44
  at
• 6:45
  night
• 6:45
  there.
• 6:45
  Basically
• 6:46
  Vietnam
• 6:47
  is
• 6:47
  12
• 6:47
  hours.
• 6:48
  Oh,
• 6:49
  they're
• 6:49
  based
• 6:49
  there.
• 6:49
  Oh
• 6:50
  my
• 6:50
  goodness.
• 6:50
  So
• 6:51
  8pm
• 6:52
  but
• 6:52
  she
• 6:52
  works
• 6:52
  till
• 6:53
  9pm
• 6:53
  Because
• 6:53
  I
• 6:54
  think
• 6:54
  this
• 6:54
  happens
• 6:54
  quite
• 6:55
  a
• 6:55
  bit
• 6:55
  to
• 6:56
  people
• 6:56
  going
• 6:56
  to
• 6:57
  Vietnam.
• 6:58
  So
• 7:00
  that
• 7:00
  was
• 7:00
  the
• 7:00
  crazy.
• 7:01
  I
• 7:01
  don't
• 7:01
  want
• 7:01
  to
• 7:02
  pry
• 7:02
  too
• 7:02
  much,
• 7:02
  but
• 7:02
  did
• 7:02
  that
• 7:03
  cost
• 7:03
  you
• 7:03
  a
• 7:03
  lot
• 7:03
  of
• 7:03
  money
• 7:04
  to
• 7:04
  fix
• 7:05
  last
• 7:05
  minute?
• 7:05
  Like
• 7:05
  that
• 7:06
  cost
• 7:06
  US$70
• 7:08
  per
• 7:08
  person.
• 7:09
  Well,
• 7:09
  that's
• 7:09
  great
• 7:10
  service.
• 7:10
  They
• 7:11
  could
• 7:11
  have
• 7:11
  charged
• 7:11
  you
• 7:11
  more.
• 7:12
  I
• 7:13
  think
• 7:13
  that
• 7:13
  they
• 7:14
  didn't
• 7:14
  charge
• 7:14
  us.
• 7:14
  I
• 7:15
  think
• 7:15
  they
• 7:15
  just.
• 7:15
  That
• 7:16
  was
• 7:16
  what
• 7:16
  it
• 7:16
  cost
• 7:17
  for
• 7:17
  the
• 7:17
  government
• 7:17
  to
• 7:18
  expedite
• 7:18
  it.
• 7:19
  All
• 7:19
  right,
• 7:19
  let's
• 7:20
  say
• 7:20
  the
• 7:20
  name
• 7:20
  of
• 7:20
  this
• 7:20
  travel
• 7:21
  company
• 7:21
  one
• 7:21
  more
• 7:21
  time
• 7:21
  so
• 7:22
  people
• 7:22
  know
• 7:22
  who
• 7:22
  they
• 7:22
  should
• 7:23
  turn
• 7:23
  to.
• 7:23
  Then
• 7:23
  they
• 7:23
  did
• 7:23
  you
• 7:23
  a
• 7:24
  solid.
• 7:24
  Do
• 7:24
  them
• 7:25
  a
• 7:25
  solid.
• 7:25
  Yeah.
• 7:26
  Aurora
• 7:27
  Travel.
• 7:27
  Thank
• 7:27
  God.
• 7:28
  They
• 7:28
  were
• 7:29
  angels.
• 7:30
  They
• 7:30
  were
• 7:30
  miracle
• 7:31
  workers.
• 7:32
  It
• 7:33
  was
• 7:33
  really
• 7:33
  an
• 7:33
  incredible
• 7:34
  thing.
• 7:34
  So
• 7:35
  we
• 7:35
  flew
• 7:35
  there.
• 7:37
  We
• 7:37
  flew
• 7:37
  economy.
• 7:38
  It
• 7:38
  was
• 7:39
  basically
• 7:40
  a
• 7:40
  15
• 7:41
  hour
• 7:41
  flight
• 7:42
  to
• 7:42
  Seoul
• 7:43
  and
• 7:43
  then
• 7:44
  we
• 7:44
  were
• 7:44
  in
• 7:44
  the
• 7:44
  Seoul
• 7:45
  airport
• 7:45
  for
• 7:45
  a
• 7:46
  couple
• 7:46
  of
• 7:46
  hours
• 7:46
  and
• 7:47
  then
• 7:47
  a
• 7:47
  five
• 7:47
  hour
• 7:48
  flight
• 7:49
  to
• 7:50
  Vietnam.
• 7:51
  Apologies,
• 7:52
  our
• 7:53
  neighbor
• 7:53
  is
• 7:53
  doing
• 7:54
  some
• 7:54
  work
• 7:54
  so
• 7:55
  you
• 7:55
  may
• 7:55
  hear
• 7:55
  a
• 7:55
  little
• 7:55
  banging.
• 7:56
  And
• 7:58
  then
• 7:58
  we
• 7:59
  were
• 7:59
  there.
• 8:00
  It's
• 8:00
  such
• 8:00
  a
• 8:01
  fascinating
• 8:03
  city.
• 8:03
  We
• 8:04
  first
• 8:04
  went
• 8:04
  to
• 8:05
  Hanoi
• 8:06
  and
• 8:07
  I
• 8:07
  have
• 8:07
  a
• 8:07
  lovely
• 8:08
  friend
• 8:08
  named
• 8:08
  David
• 8:09
  Farley.
• 8:09
  You
• 8:09
  know
• 8:09
  David,
• 8:10
  he's
• 8:10
  traveler.
• 8:11
  Great
• 8:11
  writer,
• 8:11
  great
• 8:12
  writer.
• 8:12
  And
• 8:13
  he
• 8:13
  wrote
• 8:13
  a
• 8:13
  book
• 8:13
  or
• 8:14
  he
• 8:14
  wrote
• 8:14
  an
• 8:14
  article
• 8:15
  recently
• 8:15
  about
• 8:15
  the
• 8:16
  best
• 8:16
  Phoenix
• 8:17
  in
• 8:17
  Hanoi.
• 8:18
  Pho
• 8:19
  is
• 8:19
  noodle
• 8:19
  soup.
• 8:20
  It's
• 8:20
  spelled
• 8:20
  P
• 8:21
  H
• 8:21
  O
• 8:21
  and
• 8:22
  people
• 8:22
  have
• 8:22
  it
• 8:22
  for
• 8:22
  breakfast.
• 8:23
  I
• 8:24
  dropped
• 8:24
  him
• 8:24
  an
• 8:24
  email
• 8:25
  after
• 8:25
  I
• 8:25
  saw
• 8:25
  this
• 8:26
  article
• 8:26
  and
• 8:26
  I
• 8:26
  said,
• 8:27
  can
• 8:27
  we
• 8:27
  do
• 8:27
  this
• 8:27
  later
• 8:28
  in
• 8:28
  the
• 8:28
  day?
• 8:28
  I
• 8:28
  don't
• 8:29
  know
• 8:29
  if
• 8:29
  I
• 8:29
  want
• 8:29
  to
• 8:29
  do
• 8:29
  it
• 8:29
  for
• 8:30
  breakfast.
• 8:30
  He
• 8:30
  said
• 8:30
  it
• 8:30
  often
• 8:31
  sells
• 8:31
  out
• 8:32
  before
• 8:32
  noon
• 8:33
  so
• 8:33
  you
• 8:33
  really
• 8:33
  need
• 8:34
  to
• 8:34
  do
• 8:34
  it
• 8:34
  first
• 8:35
  thing
• 8:35
  in
• 8:35
  the
• 8:35
  day.
• 8:36
  And
• 8:37
  it
• 8:37
  was
• 8:37
  this
• 8:38
  rich
• 8:38
  broth
• 8:39
  that
• 8:39
  was
• 8:39
  just
• 8:40
  incredible.
• 8:40
  And
• 8:40
  we
• 8:41
  were
• 8:41
  the
• 8:41
  only
• 8:42
  westerners
• 8:42
  in
• 8:43
  the
• 8:43
  place
• 8:44
  so
• 8:45
  that
• 8:45
  was
• 8:45
  a
• 8:45
  great
• 8:46
  start
• 8:46
  to
• 8:46
  the
• 8:47
  trip.
• 8:47
  Then
• 8:48
  we
• 8:48
  just
• 8:48
  kind
• 8:49
  of
• 8:49
  toodled
• 8:49
  around
• 8:50
  Hanoi.
• 8:52
  We
• 8:52
  don't
• 8:53
  have
• 8:53
  a
• 8:53
  Fromers
• 8:53
  guide
• 8:54
  currently
• 8:54
  to
• 8:55
  Vietnam.
• 8:55
  So
• 8:56
  I
• 8:56
  had
• 8:56
  looked
• 8:56
  at
• 8:56
  other
• 8:57
  guides
• 8:57
  and
• 8:57
  all
• 8:58
  said
• 8:58
  that
• 8:58
  you
• 8:58
  should
• 8:59
  stay
• 8:59
  in
• 8:59
  the
• 8:59
  Old
• 9:00
  Quarter.
• 9:00
  I
• 9:01
  now
• 9:01
  know,
• 9:01
  having
• 9:02
  stayed
• 9:02
  in
• 9:02
  different
• 9:03
  parts
• 9:03
  of
• 9:03
  Hanoi,
• 9:04
  because
• 9:04
  we
• 9:04
  kept
• 9:05
  going
• 9:05
  back
• 9:05
  to
• 9:06
  Hanoi.
• 9:07
  We
• 9:07
  would
• 9:07
  go
• 9:08
  do
• 9:09
  a
• 9:09
  couple
• 9:10
  of
• 9:10
  days
• 9:10
  here,
• 9:10
  then
• 9:11
  back
• 9:11
  to
• 9:11
  Hanoi,
• 9:12
  couple
• 9:12
  of
• 9:12
  days,
• 9:12
  another
• 9:13
  place,
• 9:13
  back
• 9:13
  to
• 9:13
  Hanoi.
• 9:14
  And
• 9:14
  I
• 9:14
  put
• 9:14
  us
• 9:14
  in
• 9:15
  different
• 9:15
  hotels
• 9:16
  each
• 9:16
  night.
• 9:17
  The
• 9:18
  Old
• 9:18
  Quarter
• 9:19
  is
• 9:19
  kind
• 9:19
  of
• 9:19
  like
• 9:20
  Times
• 9:20
  Square.
• 9:21
  It
• 9:21
  was
• 9:21
  incredibly
• 9:22
  busy,
• 9:23
  incredibly
• 9:24
  touristy.
• 9:25
  I
• 9:25
  found
• 9:25
  it
• 9:25
  a
• 9:25
  little
• 9:26
  too
• 9:26
  frenetic.
• 9:27
  And
• 9:27
  the
• 9:27
  last
• 9:28
  part
• 9:28
  of
• 9:28
  our
• 9:28
  visit,
• 9:29
  we
• 9:29
  stayed
• 9:30
  in
• 9:30
  this
• 9:30
  lovely
• 9:31
  lakeside.
• 9:32
  Well,
• 9:32
  actually
• 9:33
  wasn't
• 9:33
  a
• 9:33
  lovely
• 9:33
  hotel.
• 9:34
  It
• 9:34
  was
• 9:34
  a
• 9:34
  little
• 9:34
  dingy.
• 9:36
  But
• 9:37
  the
• 9:37
  area
• 9:38
  was
• 9:38
  like
• 9:39
  the
• 9:39
  Greenwich
• 9:39
  Village
• 9:40
  of
• 9:40
  Hanoi.
• 9:41
  It
• 9:41
  was
• 9:41
  just
• 9:41
  more
• 9:42
  chill,
• 9:42
  it
• 9:42
  was
• 9:43
  more
• 9:43
  artsy.
• 9:44
  And
• 9:44
  I
• 9:44
  realized
• 9:45
  we
• 9:45
  had
• 9:45
  been
• 9:45
  staying
• 9:45
  in
• 9:45
  the
• 9:46
  wrong
• 9:46
  place
• 9:47
  in
• 9:47
  Hanoi.
• 9:48
  The
• 9:48
  thing
• 9:48
  about
• 9:48
  Hanoi
• 9:49
  is
• 9:51
  every
• 9:51
  time
• 9:51
  you
• 9:52
  have
• 9:52
  to
• 9:52
  cross
• 9:53
  the
• 9:53
  street,
• 9:54
  it
• 9:54
  becomes
• 9:55
  a
• 9:55
  game
• 9:55
  of
• 9:56
  Frogger.
• 9:56
  You
• 9:57
  remember
• 9:57
  that
• 9:57
  video
• 9:58
  game?
• 9:58
  I
• 9:59
  sure
• 9:59
  do.
• 9:59
  I
• 10:00
  hated
• 10:00
  that
• 10:00
  game.
• 10:03
  Just
• 10:03
  because
• 10:04
  there
• 10:04
  are
• 10:04
  no
• 10:05
  stoplights
• 10:06
  on
• 10:06
  most
• 10:06
  corners
• 10:07
  and
• 10:07
  there
• 10:07
  are
• 10:08
  just
• 10:08
  these
• 10:09
  battalions
• 10:10
  of
• 10:10
  men
• 10:11
  and
• 10:11
  women
• 10:12
  on
• 10:12
  motorbikes.
• 10:13
  And
• 10:14
  the
• 10:14
  pedestrian
• 10:15
  does
• 10:15
  not
• 10:15
  have
• 10:16
  the
• 10:16
  right
• 10:16
  of
• 10:16
  way.
• 10:17
  You
• 10:17
  have
• 10:17
  to
• 10:18
  gather
• 10:18
  your
• 10:19
  courage
• 10:20
  and
• 10:21
  look
• 10:21
  them.
• 10:22
  Look
• 10:22
  like,
• 10:22
  I'm
• 10:22
  strong,
• 10:23
  I
• 10:23
  know
• 10:23
  what
• 10:23
  I'm
• 10:23
  doing.
• 10:24
  And
• 10:24
  walk
• 10:25
  in
• 10:25
  a
• 10:25
  way
• 10:26
  that
• 10:26
  shows
• 10:27
  them
• 10:28
  where
• 10:28
  you're
• 10:29
  going
• 10:29
  to
• 10:29
  be
• 10:29
  because
• 10:30
  they
• 10:30
  don't
• 10:30
  stop
• 10:30
  for
• 10:31
  you.
• 10:31
  They
• 10:31
  keep
• 10:32
  going.
• 10:33
  When
• 10:33
  I'm
• 10:34
  in
• 10:34
  Egypt,
• 10:34
  in
• 10:35
  Cairo,
• 10:35
  it's
• 10:35
  much
• 10:35
  the
• 10:35
  same.
• 10:36
  There's
• 10:36
  this
• 10:36
  giant
• 10:37
  swirl
• 10:37
  of
• 10:38
  vehicular
• 10:38
  traffic.
• 10:39
  And
• 10:39
  if
• 10:39
  you
• 10:39
  just
• 10:39
  sort
• 10:39
  of
• 10:39
  walk
• 10:40
  into
• 10:40
  it
• 10:40
  with
• 10:41
  the
• 10:41
  faith
• 10:41
  that
• 10:41
  they're
• 10:42
  not
• 10:42
  gonna
• 10:42
  hit
• 10:42
  you
• 10:43
  and
• 10:43
  are
• 10:43
  assertive,
• 10:44
  somehow,
• 10:45
  they
• 10:45
  work
• 10:45
  around
• 10:45
  you.
• 10:46
  That
• 10:46
  seems
• 10:46
  to
• 10:46
  be
• 10:47
  the
• 10:47
  law
• 10:47
  of
• 10:47
  the
• 10:47
  road
• 10:47
  there.
• 10:48
  Is
• 10:48
  it
• 10:48
  like
• 10:48
  that
• 10:48
  there?
• 10:49
  You
• 10:49
  just
• 10:49
  sort
• 10:49
  of
• 10:49
  have
• 10:49
  to
• 10:49
  have
• 10:50
  faith
• 10:50
  and
• 10:50
  step
• 10:50
  off
• 10:51
  Indiana
• 10:51
  Jones
• 10:51
  style.
• 10:52
  Yeah,
• 10:53
  one
• 10:53
  time
• 10:53
  I
• 10:54
  did
• 10:54
  get
• 10:54
  spooked
• 10:55
  in
• 10:55
  the
• 10:55
  middle
• 10:55
  of
• 10:55
  the
• 10:55
  street
• 10:55
  and
• 10:56
  I
• 10:56
  started
• 10:56
  to
• 10:56
  run
• 10:57
  and
• 10:57
  that's
• 10:57
  when
• 10:57
  I
• 10:58
  almost
• 10:58
  got
• 10:58
  hit
• 10:58
  because
• 10:59
  they
• 10:59
  didn't
• 10:59
  know
• 11:00
  I
• 11:00
  was
• 11:00
  gonna
• 11:00
  do
• 11:00
  that.
• 11:01
  Just
• 11:01
  like
• 11:01
  a
• 11:01
  deer
• 11:01
  in
• 11:02
  the
• 11:02
  headlights.
• 11:03
  Yeah.
• 11:04
  So
• 11:04
  we
• 11:04
  went
• 11:05
  all
• 11:05
  around
• 11:05
  Hanoi.
• 11:06
  Probably
• 11:06
  the
• 11:06
  best
• 11:07
  thing
• 11:07
  I
• 11:07
  did
• 11:07
  there
• 11:08
  was
• 11:08
  the
• 11:08
  ethnographic
• 11:09
  museum,
• 11:11
  which
• 11:11
  is.
• 11:11
  I
• 11:12
  hadn't
• 11:12
  realized
• 11:13
  this
• 11:13
  about
• 11:13
  Southeast
• 11:14
  Asia,
• 11:14
  but
• 11:14
  there
• 11:15
  are
• 11:15
  indigenous
• 11:16
  tribes
• 11:18
  not
• 11:18
  only
• 11:19
  in
• 11:19
  Vietnam,
• 11:20
  but
• 11:20
  in
• 11:21
  Cambodia,
• 11:22
  in
• 11:22
  Thailand,
• 11:23
  in
• 11:24
  Laos,
• 11:24
  in
• 11:25
  all
• 11:25
  of
• 11:25
  the
• 11:25
  different
• 11:25
  countries.
• 11:26
  And
• 11:27
  they
• 11:27
  are
• 11:27
  spread
• 11:28
  out
• 11:28
  in
• 11:28
  such
• 11:29
  a
• 11:29
  way
• 11:29
  that
• 11:30
  you
• 11:30
  may
• 11:30
  have
• 11:31
  the
• 11:32
  one
• 11:32
  tribe
• 11:33
  in
• 11:34
  one
• 11:34
  part
• 11:34
  of
• 11:34
  Vietnam
• 11:35
  and
• 11:35
  also
• 11:36
  in
• 11:36
  Thailand
• 11:37
  and
• 11:38
  also
• 11:38
  in
• 11:39
  Laos
• 11:40
  and
• 11:40
  also
• 11:41
  in
• 11:41
  other
• 11:41
  places.
• 11:42
  And
• 11:43
  so
• 11:44
  the
• 11:44
  museum
• 11:45
  kind
• 11:45
  of
• 11:45
  showed
• 11:46
  you
• 11:47
  the
• 11:47
  way
• 11:47
  each
• 11:48
  tribe
• 11:49
  lived.
• 11:50
  They
• 11:50
  took
• 11:51
  actual
• 11:51
  structures
• 11:53
  from
• 11:53
  all
• 11:53
  over
• 11:54
  Vietnam
• 11:55
  and
• 11:55
  moved
• 11:56
  them
• 11:56
  into
• 11:56
  this
• 11:56
  park
• 11:57
  like
• 11:57
  area
• 11:58
  so
• 11:58
  you
• 11:58
  can
• 11:59
  walk
• 11:59
  into
• 12:00
  the
• 12:00
  homes
• 12:00
  of
• 12:01
  these
• 12:01
  people
• 12:02
  and
• 12:02
  see
• 12:02
  how
• 12:02
  they
• 12:03
  Live,
• 12:05
  which
• 12:05
  was
• 12:05
  absolutely
• 12:06
  fascinating
• 12:06
  because,
• 12:07
  you
• 12:07
  know,
• 12:07
  some
• 12:08
  were
• 12:08
  matriarchal
• 12:09
  societies,
• 12:10
  some
• 12:10
  were
• 12:10
  patriarchal
• 12:11
  societies.
• 12:12
  There
• 12:12
  was
• 12:12
  one
• 12:13
  kind
• 12:13
  of
• 12:13
  long
• 12:14
  house
• 12:14
  where
• 12:15
  the
• 12:15
  grandmother
• 12:16
  lives
• 12:17
  right
• 12:17
  next
• 12:17
  to
• 12:18
  the
• 12:18
  kitchen
• 12:18
  and
• 12:18
  she's
• 12:19
  the
• 12:19
  one
• 12:19
  who
• 12:19
  controls
• 12:20
  how
• 12:20
  much
• 12:21
  each
• 12:21
  person
• 12:21
  gets
• 12:21
  to
• 12:22
  eat.
• 12:22
  And
• 12:22
  then
• 12:23
  there
• 12:23
  was
• 12:23
  a
• 12:23
  patriarchal
• 12:24
  society
• 12:24
  where
• 12:25
  the
• 12:25
  grain
• 12:26
  and
• 12:26
  all
• 12:26
  the
• 12:26
  foods
• 12:27
  were
• 12:27
  kept
• 12:27
  on
• 12:28
  the
• 12:28
  second
• 12:28
  floor
• 12:29
  and
• 12:29
  daughter
• 12:30
  in
• 12:30
  laws
• 12:30
  were
• 12:30
  not
• 12:31
  allowed
• 12:31
  to
• 12:31
  go
• 12:31
  up
• 12:31
  there
• 12:32
  because
• 12:32
  they
• 12:32
  weren't
• 12:33
  trusted.
• 12:34
  It
• 12:34
  was
• 12:34
  absolutely
• 12:34
  fascinating.
• 12:35
  Have
• 12:36
  mentioned
• 12:36
  the
• 12:36
  past
• 12:36
  tense
• 12:37
  on
• 12:37
  these
• 12:37
  tribes.
• 12:38
  Are
• 12:38
  they
• 12:39
  still
• 12:39
  active?
• 12:40
  They
• 12:40
  are
• 12:40
  still
• 12:40
  active.
• 12:41
  I
• 12:41
  shouldn't
• 12:42
  have
• 12:42
  stopped.
• 12:42
  They
• 12:42
  were
• 12:42
  at
• 12:42
  the
• 12:43
  museum.
• 12:43
  Right,
• 12:43
  okay,
• 12:44
  right.
• 12:44
  And
• 12:45
  in
• 12:45
  fact,
• 12:45
  our
• 12:46
  first
• 12:47
  stop
• 12:47
  after
• 12:48
  Hanoi,
• 12:49
  we
• 12:49
  went
• 12:49
  to
• 12:49
  a
• 12:50
  region
• 12:50
  called
• 12:51
  Mai
• 12:51
  Chau,
• 12:53
  which
• 12:53
  is
• 12:53
  up
• 12:53
  in
• 12:54
  the
• 12:54
  hills
• 12:54
  about
• 12:55
  two
• 12:55
  hours
• 12:56
  outside
• 12:56
  of
• 12:57
  Hanoi.
• 12:58
  And
• 12:59
  it's
• 13:00
  a
• 13:00
  region
• 13:00
  that
• 13:01
  is
• 13:01
  known
• 13:02
  as
• 13:02
  being
• 13:02
  a
• 13:02
  place
• 13:03
  where
• 13:03
  the
• 13:03
  Thai
• 13:04
  people
• 13:04
  live.
• 13:05
  And
• 13:05
  yes,
• 13:06
  this
• 13:06
  is
• 13:07
  as
• 13:07
  in
• 13:07
  Thailand,
• 13:08
  but
• 13:08
  in
• 13:09
  Vietnam
• 13:09
  they're
• 13:09
  an
• 13:10
  indigenous
• 13:10
  tribe.
• 13:11
  So
• 13:12
  they
• 13:12
  live
• 13:12
  in
• 13:12
  these
• 13:12
  stilt
• 13:13
  buildings
• 13:14
  and
• 13:15
  they
• 13:16
  have
• 13:17
  a
• 13:17
  very
• 13:18
  interesting
• 13:19
  way
• 13:20
  of
• 13:20
  looking
• 13:20
  at
• 13:20
  life
• 13:21
  and
• 13:21
  death.
• 13:22
  When
• 13:22
  you
• 13:23
  are
• 13:23
  40
• 13:23
  years
• 13:24
  old,
• 13:26
  people
• 13:26
  are
• 13:26
  buried
• 13:27
  in
• 13:28
  hollowed
• 13:29
  out
• 13:29
  logs.
• 13:30
  And
• 13:30
  because
• 13:31
  death
• 13:32
  is
• 13:32
  always.
• 13:33
  Wait,
• 13:33
  when
• 13:34
  they're
• 13:34
  40
• 13:34
  years
• 13:34
  old
• 13:34
  they
• 13:35
  bury
• 13:35
  you?
• 13:36
  No,
• 13:36
  when
• 13:37
  you're
• 13:37
  40
• 13:37
  years
• 13:37
  old
• 13:38
  you
• 13:38
  get
• 13:39
  your
• 13:39
  coffin
• 13:40
  and
• 13:40
  you
• 13:41
  keep
• 13:41
  it
• 13:41
  at
• 13:41
  your
• 13:42
  house.
• 13:43
  I
• 13:43
  get
• 13:43
  AARP
• 13:44
  in
• 13:44
  the
• 13:44
  mail.
• 13:45
  It's
• 13:45
  similar.
• 13:46
  Right.
• 13:47
  So
• 13:48
  in
• 13:49
  front
• 13:49
  of
• 13:49
  these
• 13:49
  stilt
• 13:50
  houses
• 13:50
  are
• 13:51
  these
• 13:51
  hollowed
• 13:52
  out
• 13:52
  logs
• 13:53
  that
• 13:53
  are
• 13:53
  their
• 13:53
  coffins.
• 13:54
  And
• 13:55
  so
• 13:55
  you
• 13:55
  can
• 13:55
  see
• 13:55
  how
• 13:56
  many
• 13:56
  people
• 13:56
  over
• 13:57
  40
• 13:57
  live
• 13:58
  in
• 13:58
  a
• 13:58
  house
• 13:59
  by
• 13:59
  how
• 13:59
  many
• 14:00
  hollowed
• 14:00
  out
• 14:01
  logs
• 14:02
  are
• 14:02
  in
• 14:02
  front
• 14:02
  of
• 14:03
  the
• 14:03
  house.
• 14:03
  Because
• 14:03
  they
• 14:04
  feel
• 14:04
  death
• 14:04
  is
• 14:05
  always
• 14:05
  unexpected.
• 14:06
  And
• 14:07
  by
• 14:07
  their
• 14:07
  traditions
• 14:08
  you
• 14:08
  have
• 14:08
  to
• 14:08
  be
• 14:08
  buried
• 14:09
  the
• 14:09
  same
• 14:09
  day
• 14:10
  you
• 14:10
  die.
• 14:11
  And
• 14:11
  so
• 14:12
  you
• 14:12
  need
• 14:12
  to
• 14:12
  have
• 14:12
  a
• 14:12
  coffin
• 14:13
  handy.
• 14:14
  Some
• 14:15
  of
• 14:15
  the
• 14:15
  Thai
• 14:15
  people
• 14:16
  don't
• 14:17
  live
• 14:17
  in
• 14:17
  stilt
• 14:18
  houses.
• 14:18
  They
• 14:18
  live
• 14:19
  in
• 14:19
  houses
• 14:19
  that
• 14:19
  are
• 14:20
  on
• 14:20
  the
• 14:20
  ground.
• 14:21
  And
• 14:21
  we
• 14:21
  went
• 14:22
  into
• 14:22
  one
• 14:22
  of
• 14:22
  the
• 14:22
  outside
• 14:23
  cooking
• 14:24
  areas
• 14:25
  and
• 14:25
  we
• 14:25
  saw
• 14:26
  these
• 14:27
  carved
• 14:27
  penises
• 14:29
  because
• 14:30
  the
• 14:31
  young
• 14:31
  girls,
• 14:33
  there's
• 14:33
  no.
• 14:34
  Nobody
• 14:34
  wants
• 14:34
  to
• 14:35
  be
• 14:35
  a
• 14:35
  virgin.
• 14:36
  There's
• 14:36
  no
• 14:37
  positivity
• 14:38
  around
• 14:38
  that.
• 14:39
  Instead,
• 14:39
  young
• 14:40
  girls
• 14:40
  before
• 14:41
  they
• 14:41
  marry
• 14:42
  are
• 14:42
  supposed
• 14:42
  to
• 14:42
  try
• 14:43
  out
• 14:44
  a
• 14:44
  lot
• 14:44
  of
• 14:44
  guys
• 14:45
  to
• 14:45
  figure
• 14:46
  out
• 14:46
  who
• 14:46
  they
• 14:46
  want
• 14:47
  to
• 14:47
  marry.
• 14:48
  And
• 14:48
  when
• 14:48
  they
• 14:48
  try
• 14:49
  out
• 14:49
  a
• 14:49
  guy,
• 14:49
  they
• 14:50
  carve
• 14:50
  a
• 14:50
  penis
• 14:51
  and
• 14:51
  they
• 14:52
  put
• 14:52
  it
• 14:52
  in
• 14:52
  an
• 14:52
  area
• 14:53
  that
• 14:53
  everybody
• 14:53
  can
• 14:54
  see
• 14:54
  because
• 14:55
  it's
• 14:55
  kind
• 14:55
  of
• 14:55
  like
• 14:55
  having
• 14:56
  a
• 14:56
  lot
• 14:56
  of
• 14:56
  followers
• 14:57
  on
• 14:57
  social
• 14:58
  media.
• 14:58
  It
• 14:59
  shows
• 14:59
  you're
• 14:59
  popular.
• 15:00
  And
• 15:00
  so
• 15:00
  we
• 15:01
  went.
• 15:02
  Unfortunately,
• 15:02
  we
• 15:03
  know
• 15:03
  some
• 15:03
  people
• 15:03
  who
• 15:03
  don't
• 15:04
  need
• 15:04
  to
• 15:04
  hear
• 15:04
  that
• 15:04
  idea.
• 15:05
  So
• 15:06
  any
• 15:06
  Americans
• 15:07
  don't
• 15:07
  get
• 15:07
  any
• 15:07
  wise
• 15:08
  ideas
• 15:08
  out
• 15:08
  of
• 15:08
  this.
• 15:09
  Yeah.
• 15:09
  So
• 15:10
  you
• 15:10
  know,
• 15:10
  we
• 15:11
  went
• 15:11
  into
• 15:11
  this
• 15:11
  other
• 15:11
  house
• 15:12
  where
• 15:12
  there
• 15:12
  was
• 15:13
  a
• 15:13
  very
• 15:13
  popular
• 15:13
  girl.
• 15:14
  She
• 15:14
  had
• 15:14
  a
• 15:14
  lot
• 15:14
  of
• 15:14
  penises
• 15:15
  in
• 15:15
  the
• 15:15
  corner.
• 15:16
  So
• 15:17
  that
• 15:17
  was
• 15:18
  interesting.
• 15:19
  So
• 15:19
  Mai
• 15:20
  Chau
• 15:20
  is
• 15:20
  this
• 15:21
  area
• 15:21
  with
• 15:21
  these
• 15:21
  incredible
• 15:22
  karst
• 15:23
  mountains.
• 15:24
  They
• 15:24
  seem
• 15:24
  to
• 15:25
  rise
• 15:25
  up
• 15:26
  vertically
• 15:26
  from
• 15:27
  the
• 15:27
  land.
• 15:28
  They
• 15:28
  look
• 15:28
  a
• 15:28
  little
• 15:29
  bit
• 15:29
  like.
• 15:29
  Have
• 15:29
  you
• 15:29
  ever
• 15:30
  seen
• 15:30
  those
• 15:30
  Chinese,
• 15:31
  ancient
• 15:31
  Chinese
• 15:32
  landscape
• 15:32
  paintings
• 15:33
  where
• 15:33
  they're
• 15:34
  just
• 15:34
  these
• 15:34
  very,
• 15:35
  very
• 15:35
  vertical
• 15:36
  mountains.
• 15:37
  So
• 15:38
  it
• 15:38
  was
• 15:38
  lovely
• 15:39
  being
• 15:39
  in
• 15:39
  the
• 15:40
  midst
• 15:40
  of
• 15:40
  that
• 15:40
  landscape.
• 15:41
  And
• 15:42
  we
• 15:42
  stayed
• 15:42
  in
• 15:42
  a
• 15:43
  homestay,
• 15:44
  which
• 15:44
  really
• 15:44
  is
• 15:44
  a
• 15:44
  word
• 15:45
  for
• 15:45
  hotel
• 15:46
  there.
• 15:46
  I
• 15:47
  thought
• 15:47
  it
• 15:47
  would
• 15:47
  be
• 15:47
  more
• 15:48
  like
• 15:48
  a
• 15:48
  homestay,
• 15:48
  but
• 15:49
  it
• 15:49
  really
• 15:49
  wasn't
• 15:49
  like.
• 15:50
  A
• 15:50
  guest
• 15:50
  house
• 15:50
  type
• 15:51
  of
• 15:51
  thing.
• 15:51
  Like
• 15:51
  a
• 15:51
  guest
• 15:52
  house,
• 15:52
  but
• 15:52
  a
• 15:53
  very
• 15:53
  chi
• 15:53
  chi
• 15:54
  one.
• 15:54
  I
• 15:54
  think
• 15:54
  the
• 15:55
  biggest
• 15:55
  difference
• 15:56
  between
• 15:57
  the
• 15:57
  Vietnam
• 15:58
  I
• 15:58
  saw
• 15:58
  in
• 15:58
  2019
• 15:59
  and
• 16:00
  the
• 16:00
  one
• 16:00
  I
• 16:00
  saw
• 16:01
  today
• 16:01
  is
• 16:03
  they've
• 16:03
  really
• 16:04
  figured
• 16:04
  out
• 16:05
  how
• 16:06
  to
• 16:06
  do
• 16:06
  tourism.
• 16:08
  And
• 16:08
  that's
• 16:08
  good
• 16:09
  and
• 16:09
  bad.
• 16:10
  It's
• 16:10
  good
• 16:10
  in
• 16:11
  that
• 16:11
  things
• 16:11
  are
• 16:11
  slicker.
• 16:13
  There
• 16:13
  are
• 16:13
  more
• 16:13
  eating
• 16:14
  options
• 16:14
  and
• 16:15
  more
• 16:15
  high
• 16:15
  end
• 16:16
  eating
• 16:16
  options.
• 16:17
  But
• 16:17
  they
• 16:18
  also
• 16:19
  sometimes
• 16:20
  put
• 16:21
  the
• 16:21
  tourists
• 16:21
  into
• 16:22
  very
• 16:23
  not
• 16:23
  conventional,
• 16:24
  but
• 16:24
  very
• 16:25
  touristy
• 16:26
  experiences,
• 16:28
  more
• 16:28
  so
• 16:29
  than
• 16:29
  they
• 16:29
  did
• 16:29
  in
• 16:29
  the
• 16:29
  past.
• 16:30
  Like
• 16:30
  when
• 16:30
  I
• 16:31
  was
• 16:31
  in
• 16:31
  Mai
• 16:31
  Chau,
• 16:32
  we
• 16:32
  took
• 16:32
  a
• 16:33
  boat
• 16:33
  ride.
• 16:34
  It
• 16:35
  was
• 16:35
  a
• 16:35
  very
• 16:35
  traditional
• 16:36
  looking
• 16:37
  boat.
• 16:37
  And
• 16:37
  there
• 16:38
  was
• 16:38
  a
• 16:38
  guy
• 16:38
  with
• 16:38
  a
• 16:39
  long
• 16:39
  pole,
• 16:39
  and
• 16:40
  he
• 16:40
  was
• 16:40
  pushing
• 16:41
  the
• 16:41
  pole
• 16:41
  into
• 16:42
  the
• 16:42
  water
• 16:42
  to
• 16:43
  take
• 16:43
  us
• 16:43
  down
• 16:43
  this
• 16:44
  river.
• 16:45
  But
• 16:45
  he
• 16:45
  was
• 16:45
  on
• 16:46
  his
• 16:46
  cell
• 16:46
  phone
• 16:46
  the
• 16:47
  whole
• 16:47
  time.
• 16:48
  As
• 16:48
  he's
• 16:49
  pushing
• 16:49
  us
• 16:50
  down
• 16:50
  the
• 16:50
  river,
• 16:51
  he's
• 16:51
  wearing
• 16:51
  a
• 16:51
  T
• 16:52
  shirt
• 16:52
  that
• 16:52
  says
• 16:52
  Gucci
• 16:53
  on
• 16:53
  it.
• 16:54
  And
• 16:54
  there's
• 16:54
  not
• 16:54
  really
• 16:55
  anything
• 16:55
  to
• 16:55
  see
• 16:56
  on
• 16:56
  either
• 16:56
  side
• 16:57
  of
• 16:57
  the
• 16:57
  river.
• 16:58
  So
• 16:58
  it
• 16:58
  just
• 16:58
  felt
• 16:59
  like
• 16:59
  a
• 17:00
  thing
• 17:00
  that
• 17:00
  was
• 17:00
  created
• 17:01
  for
• 17:01
  tourists.
• 17:02
  Yeah,
• 17:02
  it
• 17:02
  sounds
• 17:02
  a
• 17:03
  little
• 17:03
  canned.
• 17:04
  It
• 17:04
  totally
• 17:04
  canned.
• 17:05
  And
• 17:05
  then
• 17:05
  we
• 17:06
  did
• 17:06
  an
• 17:06
  oxcart
• 17:07
  ride
• 17:08
  as
• 17:08
  people,
• 17:09
  kind
• 17:09
  of
• 17:09
  smirking,
• 17:10
  rode
• 17:11
  by
• 17:11
  us
• 17:11
  on
• 17:12
  motorbikes.
• 17:13
  I
• 17:13
  just
• 17:13
  felt
• 17:13
  like
• 17:13
  a
• 17:14
  jerk.
• 17:14
  I
• 17:14
  thought,
• 17:14
  why
• 17:14
  am
• 17:15
  I
• 17:15
  in
• 17:15
  an
• 17:15
  oxcart
• 17:16
  in
• 17:16
  2025?
• 17:17
  This
• 17:18
  is.
• 17:18
  Yeah,
• 17:19
  well,
• 17:19
  like
• 17:20
  the.
• 17:20
  Like
• 17:20
  the
• 17:20
  handsome
• 17:21
  cab
• 17:21
  rides
• 17:21
  in
• 17:21
  Central
• 17:22
  park
• 17:22
  to
• 17:22
  a
• 17:22
  degree.
• 17:23
  Mostly
• 17:23
  tourists
• 17:24
  get
• 17:24
  into
• 17:24
  those.
• 17:25
  Yeah.
• 17:26
  So
• 17:27
  I
• 17:27
  was
• 17:28
  doing
• 17:28
  this
• 17:28
  Mai
• 17:28
  Chau
• 17:29
  experience
• 17:29
  just
• 17:30
  with
• 17:30
  my
• 17:30
  husband
• 17:31
  and
• 17:31
  with
• 17:32
  our
• 17:32
  guide.
• 17:33
  And
• 17:34
  at
• 17:34
  the
• 17:34
  same
• 17:34
  time,
• 17:35
  our
• 17:35
  daughters
• 17:36
  decided
• 17:36
  to
• 17:37
  do
• 17:37
  something
• 17:37
  called
• 17:38
  the
• 17:38
  Cao
• 17:38
  Bang
• 17:39
  Loop,
• 17:39
  which
• 17:40
  was
• 17:40
  a.
• 17:41
  An
• 17:41
  area,
• 17:42
  a
• 17:42
  very
• 17:42
  rural
• 17:43
  area
• 17:43
  of
• 17:43
  Vietnam
• 17:44
  where
• 17:45
  people
• 17:45
  have
• 17:45
  set
• 17:45
  up
• 17:46
  these
• 17:46
  motorcycle
• 17:47
  tours,
• 17:48
  actually
• 17:48
  motorbike
• 17:49
  tours,
• 17:49
  and
• 17:50
  you
• 17:50
  zip
• 17:50
  around
• 17:51
  the
• 17:51
  country
• 17:51
  countryside,
• 17:52
  and
• 17:53
  at
• 17:54
  night
• 17:54
  you
• 17:54
  do
• 17:54
  karaoke
• 17:55
  in
• 17:55
  small
• 17:56
  villages.
• 17:56
  And
• 17:57
  it's
• 17:57
  supposed
• 17:58
  to
• 17:58
  be
• 17:58
  a
• 17:58
  big
• 17:58
  party
• 17:59
  time.
• 17:59
  The
• 17:59
  girls
• 18:00
  did
• 18:00
  it
• 18:00
  with
• 18:00
  a
• 18:01
  tour,
• 18:01
  and
• 18:01
  they
• 18:02
  didn't
• 18:02
  really
• 18:03
  like
• 18:03
  any
• 18:03
  of
• 18:03
  the
• 18:03
  other
• 18:03
  people
• 18:04
  on
• 18:04
  the
• 18:04
  tour.
• 18:04
  They
• 18:04
  thought
• 18:05
  they
• 18:05
  were
• 18:05
  kind
• 18:05
  of
• 18:05
  dull.
• 18:06
  And
• 18:07
  the
• 18:07
  guides
• 18:08
  didn't
• 18:09
  really
• 18:09
  guide.
• 18:09
  I
• 18:10
  mean
• 18:10
  they
• 18:10
  were
• 18:10
  driving
• 18:11
  the
• 18:11
  motorbikes
• 18:12
  and
• 18:12
  the
• 18:12
  girls
• 18:13
  were
• 18:13
  on
• 18:13
  the
• 18:13
  back.
• 18:14
  And
• 18:14
  then
• 18:14
  they'd
• 18:14
  get
• 18:15
  to
• 18:15
  a
• 18:15
  site
• 18:16
  like
• 18:16
  there
• 18:16
  was
• 18:17
  one,
• 18:17
  they
• 18:17
  went
• 18:17
  to
• 18:18
  the
• 18:18
  Marks
• 18:18
  Mountain
• 18:19
  which
• 18:19
  has
• 18:20
  Lennon
• 18:20
  Spring
• 18:21
  because
• 18:22
  you
• 18:22
  know,
• 18:23
  Vietnam
• 18:23
  was
• 18:23
  founded
• 18:24
  as
• 18:24
  a
• 18:24
  communist
• 18:24
  country
• 18:25
  in
• 18:25
  the
• 18:26
  70s.
• 18:27
  And
• 18:27
  then
• 18:28
  the
• 18:28
  guide
• 18:29
  would
• 18:29
  say
• 18:29
  to
• 18:29
  them,
• 18:30
  oh,
• 18:30
  I
• 18:30
  hope
• 18:30
  you
• 18:31
  have
• 18:31
  cell
• 18:31
  phone
• 18:31
  service
• 18:32
  so
• 18:32
  you
• 18:32
  can
• 18:32
  hear
• 18:33
  what,
• 18:33
  this
• 18:33
  is
• 18:34
  why
• 18:34
  you're
• 18:34
  here.
• 18:35
  So
• 18:35
  they
• 18:36
  didn't
• 18:36
  really
• 18:36
  have
• 18:37
  anything
• 18:37
  to
• 18:37
  say
• 18:38
  about
• 18:39
  the
• 18:39
  places
• 18:39
  they
• 18:40
  were
• 18:40
  taking
• 18:40
  them.
• 18:41
  And
• 18:41
  sometimes
• 18:42
  they'd
• 18:42
  have
• 18:42
  service,
• 18:42
  sometimes
• 18:43
  they
• 18:43
  didn't.
• 18:44
  But
• 18:45
  it
• 18:45
  was
• 18:45
  interesting
• 18:46
  because
• 18:46
  this
• 18:46
  was
• 18:46
  a
• 18:47
  well
• 18:47
  reviewed
• 18:48
  online
• 18:49
  experience.
• 18:50
  You
• 18:51
  know,
• 18:51
  you
• 18:51
  can't
• 18:51
  trust
• 18:51
  reviews
• 18:52
  online.
• 18:52
  You
• 18:52
  know.
• 18:53
  Yeah,
• 18:53
  this
• 18:54
  is
• 18:54
  why
• 18:54
  maybe
• 18:54
  from
• 18:55
  us
• 18:55
  we
• 18:55
  should
• 18:55
  think
• 18:55
  about
• 18:56
  making
• 18:56
  a
• 18:56
  Vietnam
• 18:57
  Vietnam
• 18:57
  guide
• 18:58
  because
• 18:58
  then
• 18:58
  we
• 18:58
  can
• 18:58
  do
• 18:59
  all
• 18:59
  these
• 18:59
  tours
• 18:59
  and
• 18:59
  tell
• 18:59
  people
• 19:00
  what's
• 19:00
  what.
• 19:01
  Right.
• 19:01
  I
• 19:01
  mean
• 19:02
  they
• 19:02
  enjoyed
• 19:02
  being
• 19:02
  on
• 19:02
  the
• 19:03
  motorcycles,
• 19:03
  they
• 19:04
  enjoyed
• 19:04
  seeing
• 19:05
  the
• 19:05
  countryside,
• 19:06
  but
• 19:06
  overall
• 19:07
  I
• 19:07
  think
• 19:07
  it
• 19:08
  was
• 19:08
  very,
• 19:08
  very
• 19:08
  disappointing.
• 19:10
  Why
• 19:10
  do
• 19:10
  you
• 19:10
  think
• 19:11
  the
• 19:11
  information
• 19:11
  that
• 19:11
  you
• 19:11
  found
• 19:12
  online
• 19:12
  about
• 19:12
  Vietnam
• 19:13
  was
• 19:13
  not
• 19:14
  really
• 19:14
  that
• 19:15
  reliable
• 19:15
  ultimately
• 19:16
  in
• 19:16
  practice?
• 19:17
  Well,
• 19:17
  I've
• 19:17
  heard
• 19:18
  rumors
• 19:18
  that
• 19:19
  Google
• 19:20
  has
• 19:20
  changed
• 19:21
  its
• 19:21
  algorithm
• 19:22
  to
• 19:23
  put
• 19:23
  front
• 19:24
  and
• 19:24
  center,
• 19:25
  smaller
• 19:26
  kind
• 19:26
  of
• 19:27
  influencer
• 19:28
  based
• 19:28
  material.
• 19:29
  And
• 19:29
  I
• 19:30
  definitely
• 19:30
  saw
• 19:31
  that
• 19:31
  in
• 19:31
  Vietnam
• 19:32
  for
• 19:32
  example,
• 19:33
  when
• 19:33
  I
• 19:33
  was
• 19:33
  looking
• 19:34
  at,
• 19:35
  we
• 19:35
  were
• 19:35
  in
• 19:35
  a
• 19:35
  place
• 19:35
  called
• 19:36
  Hoi
• 19:36
  an
• 19:37
  where
• 19:37
  the
• 19:37
  thing
• 19:37
  to
• 19:38
  do
• 19:38
  is
• 19:38
  get
• 19:39
  clothing
• 19:39
  tailored.
• 19:40
  And
• 19:40
  so
• 19:40
  I
• 19:41
  was
• 19:41
  looking
• 19:41
  for
• 19:42
  what
• 19:42
  tailor
• 19:43
  shops
• 19:43
  are
• 19:43
  most
• 19:43
  recommended.
• 19:44
  And,
• 19:45
  and
• 19:45
  the
• 19:45
  sites
• 19:46
  that
• 19:46
  emerged
• 19:47
  first,
• 19:47
  the
• 19:48
  articles
• 19:48
  that
• 19:48
  emerged
• 19:49
  first
• 19:50
  were
• 19:50
  clearly
• 19:51
  written
• 19:52
  by
• 19:52
  folks
• 19:53
  who
• 19:53
  were
• 19:53
  getting
• 19:53
  kickbacks
• 19:55
  from
• 19:55
  tailor
• 19:55
  shops.
• 19:56
  You
• 19:56
  know,
• 19:56
  they
• 19:56
  were
• 19:57
  all
• 19:57
  of
• 19:57
  these
• 19:57
  local
• 19:58
  hotels
• 19:59
  or
• 19:59
  local
• 20:00
  travel
• 20:01
  agencies
• 20:01
  and
• 20:02
  it
• 20:02
  wasn't,
• 20:02
  I
• 20:03
  couldn't
• 20:03
  find
• 20:03
  journalistic
• 20:04
  sources
• 20:05
  for
• 20:06
  this
• 20:06
  material.
• 20:07
  That's
• 20:07
  what
• 20:07
  was
• 20:07
  on
• 20:07
  the
• 20:08
  first
• 20:08
  two,
• 20:09
  three
• 20:09
  pages
• 20:10
  of
• 20:10
  Google.
• 20:11
  So
• 20:12
  I
• 20:12
  think
• 20:12
  we're
• 20:12
  living
• 20:13
  in
• 20:13
  a
• 20:13
  time
• 20:13
  where
• 20:13
  it's
• 20:14
  getting
• 20:14
  harder
• 20:15
  to
• 20:15
  find
• 20:16
  decent
• 20:17
  travel
• 20:17
  information
• 20:18
  online.
• 20:19
  Maybe
• 20:19
  because
• 20:20
  Google
• 20:20
  and
• 20:21
  the
• 20:21
  rest
• 20:22
  want
• 20:22
  you
• 20:23
  to
• 20:23
  not
• 20:23
  be
• 20:23
  doing
• 20:24
  the
• 20:24
  traditional
• 20:25
  searches
• 20:25
  anymore.
• 20:26
  They
• 20:26
  want
• 20:26
  you
• 20:26
  to
• 20:26
  be
• 20:26
  relying
• 20:27
  on
• 20:27
  AI
• 20:28
  where
• 20:28
  you
• 20:28
  don't
• 20:29
  know
• 20:29
  what
• 20:29
  the
• 20:30
  source
• 20:30
  of
• 20:30
  the
• 20:30
  information
• 20:31
  is.
• 20:32
  That's
• 20:33
  my
• 20:33
  cynical
• 20:33
  guess.
• 20:34
  I
• 20:34
  don't
• 20:34
  know.
• 20:34
  What
• 20:34
  do
• 20:34
  you
• 20:34
  think,
• 20:35
  Jason?
• 20:36
  I
• 20:36
  think
• 20:36
  it's
• 20:36
  possible.
• 20:37
  I
• 20:37
  think,
• 20:38
  yeah,
• 20:38
  I
• 20:38
  think
• 20:38
  that
• 20:39
  Google
• 20:39
  has
• 20:39
  taken
• 20:39
  so
• 20:40
  much
• 20:40
  from
• 20:40
  the
• 20:40
  legitimate
• 20:41
  sources
• 20:41
  to
• 20:41
  create
• 20:42
  their
• 20:42
  ARA
• 20:42
  responses
• 20:43
  and
• 20:44
  there's
• 20:45
  very,
• 20:45
  there
• 20:45
  have
• 20:45
  been
• 20:45
  fewer
• 20:46
  and
• 20:46
  fewer
• 20:46
  people
• 20:46
  creating
• 20:47
  original
• 20:47
  research
• 20:48
  to
• 20:48
  begin
• 20:48
  with.
• 20:48
  If
• 20:49
  that
• 20:49
  happens
• 20:49
  because
• 20:50
  no
• 20:50
  one's
• 20:50
  clicking
• 20:50
  over
• 20:50
  to
• 20:51
  their
• 20:51
  websites,
• 20:52
  right.
• 20:52
  And
• 20:52
  you
• 20:53
  need
• 20:53
  to,
• 20:53
  you
• 20:53
  need
• 20:53
  to
• 20:53
  click
• 20:54
  over
• 20:54
  to
• 20:54
  the
• 20:54
  original
• 20:55
  website
• 20:55
  for
• 20:55
  the
• 20:55
  information
• 20:56
  in
• 20:56
  order
• 20:56
  for
• 20:56
  them
• 20:57
  to
• 20:57
  make
• 20:57
  ad
• 20:57
  money
• 20:58
  or
• 20:58
  whatever
• 20:58
  it
• 20:58
  is
• 20:58
  to
• 20:59
  continue
• 20:59
  making
• 21:00
  that
• 21:00
  information,
• 21:00
  if
• 21:01
  you.
• 21:01
  Influencers,
• 21:02
  you
• 21:03
  know,
• 21:03
  their
• 21:03
  only
• 21:03
  income
• 21:04
  is
• 21:04
  often
• 21:04
  either
• 21:05
  coming
• 21:05
  from
• 21:05
  views
• 21:05
  from
• 21:06
  the
• 21:06
  platform
• 21:06
  or,
• 21:07
  or
• 21:07
  payback
• 21:07
  kickbacks
• 21:08
  from
• 21:08
  the,
• 21:09
  the
• 21:09
  vendor.
• 21:09
  And
• 21:09
  it's
• 21:09
  not
• 21:10
  honest
• 21:10
  information.
• 21:11
  So,
• 21:11
  yeah,
• 21:11
  you're
• 21:11
  right.
• 21:11
  The.
• 21:12
  The.
• 21:12
  The
• 21:12
  system
• 21:12
  is
• 21:13
  skewing
• 21:14
  away
• 21:14
  from
• 21:15
  impartial
• 21:16
  and
• 21:16
  towards
• 21:17
  partial.
• 21:18
  Yeah,
• 21:18
  yeah.
• 21:19
  I
• 21:19
  mean,
• 21:19
  it
• 21:19
  was
• 21:19
  so
• 21:19
  clear
• 21:20
  to
• 21:20
  me.
• 21:20
  I
• 21:20
  could,
• 21:20
  I
• 21:21
  could
• 21:21
  see
• 21:21
  it.
• 21:21
  I
• 21:21
  mean,
• 21:21
  I
• 21:22
  don't
• 21:22
  know
• 21:22
  if
• 21:22
  anybody
• 21:22
  else
• 21:23
  could
• 21:23
  have,
• 21:23
  but
• 21:23
  I
• 21:23
  knew
• 21:24
  just
• 21:24
  the
• 21:24
  way
• 21:24
  it
• 21:24
  was
• 21:25
  written
• 21:25
  and
• 21:25
  the
• 21:25
  way
• 21:26
  things
• 21:26
  were
• 21:26
  linked.
• 21:27
  And
• 21:27
  I've
• 21:27
  been
• 21:27
  around
• 21:28
  long
• 21:28
  enough
• 21:28
  to
• 21:28
  know
• 21:29
  these
• 21:29
  are
• 21:29
  all
• 21:30
  kickback.
• 21:30
  You
• 21:31
  know,
• 21:31
  companies
• 21:32
  that
• 21:32
  they're.
• 21:32
  They're
• 21:33
  pushing
• 21:33
  you
• 21:33
  towards
• 21:33
  the
• 21:34
  ones
• 21:34
  that,
• 21:34
  that
• 21:35
  give
• 21:35
  them
• 21:35
  money.
• 21:35
  It's
• 21:36
  frustrating
• 21:36
  because,
• 21:36
  you
• 21:36
  know,
• 21:36
  for
• 21:37
  many
• 21:37
  years
• 21:37
  you
• 21:37
  would
• 21:37
  take
• 21:37
  a,
• 21:38
  let's
• 21:38
  say
• 21:38
  a
• 21:38
  coach
• 21:38
  tour,
• 21:39
  and
• 21:39
  we
• 21:39
  get
• 21:39
  frustrated
• 21:40
  when
• 21:40
  they'd
• 21:40
  stop
• 21:41
  off
• 21:41
  at
• 21:41
  a
• 21:41
  store
• 21:41
  that
• 21:42
  you
• 21:42
  knew
• 21:42
  we
• 21:42
  were
• 21:42
  only
• 21:42
  stopping
• 21:43
  at
• 21:43
  for
• 21:43
  the
• 21:43
  group
• 21:44
  because
• 21:44
  there
• 21:44
  were
• 21:44
  kickbacks
• 21:45
  being
• 21:45
  given
• 21:45
  to
• 21:45
  the
• 21:45
  tour
• 21:46
  guide.
• 21:46
  And
• 21:46
  that
• 21:46
  was
• 21:47
  one
• 21:47
  thing
• 21:47
  you
• 21:47
  could
• 21:47
  manage
• 21:47
  on
• 21:48
  your
• 21:48
  vacation
• 21:48
  because
• 21:49
  you
• 21:49
  just
• 21:49
  knew
• 21:49
  it
• 21:49
  would
• 21:49
  probably
• 21:49
  be
• 21:50
  coming
• 21:50
  at
• 21:50
  one
• 21:50
  point.
• 21:51
  Now
• 21:51
  travel
• 21:52
  information
• 21:52
  itself
• 21:53
  is
• 21:53
  being
• 21:53
  compromised,
• 21:55
  and
• 21:55
  that
• 21:55
  makes
• 21:56
  planning
• 21:56
  much
• 21:56
  more
• 21:56
  harder,
• 21:57
  much
• 21:57
  more
• 21:57
  difficult
• 21:58
  from
• 21:58
  the
• 21:58
  very
• 21:58
  beginning.
• 21:58
  And
• 21:59
  it
• 21:59
  could
• 21:59
  affect
• 21:59
  the
• 21:59
  quality
• 21:59
  of
• 22:00
  your
• 22:00
  trip.
• 22:00
  Yeah,
• 22:01
  definitely.
• 22:01
  Definitely.
• 22:03
  So
• 22:04
  that
• 22:04
  was
• 22:04
  frustrating.
• 22:05
  Although
• 22:06
  I
• 22:06
  had
• 22:07
  good
• 22:07
  guidebooks
• 22:08
  from
• 22:08
  Lonely
• 22:08
  Planet,
• 22:09
  from
• 22:09
  Rough
• 22:09
  Guides,
• 22:09
  from
• 22:10
  Fotor's,
• 22:10
  I
• 22:11
  carried
• 22:11
  four
• 22:12
  with
• 22:12
  me
• 22:12
  and
• 22:12
  also
• 22:13
  the
• 22:13
  dk.
• 22:14
  So
• 22:15
  I
• 22:15
  wasn't
• 22:16
  fully
• 22:16
  reliant
• 22:17
  on
• 22:17
  what
• 22:17
  I
• 22:17
  found
• 22:18
  online.
• 22:19
  And
• 22:20
  our
• 22:20
  competitors
• 22:21
  gave
• 22:21
  good
• 22:21
  advice.
• 22:22
  They.
• 22:22
  They
• 22:23
  steered
• 22:23
  me
• 22:24
  right
• 22:24
  many
• 22:25
  times
• 22:25
  and,
• 22:25
  and
• 22:26
  helped
• 22:26
  me
• 22:26
  understand
• 22:27
  what
• 22:27
  I
• 22:27
  was
• 22:27
  seeing.
• 22:28
  Well,
• 22:28
  since
• 22:28
  we
• 22:28
  don't
• 22:29
  have
• 22:29
  a
• 22:29
  Vietnam
• 22:29
  guide,
• 22:30
  they're
• 22:30
  not
• 22:30
  technically
• 22:31
  competitors
• 22:31
  on
• 22:31
  that
• 22:32
  in
• 22:32
  that
• 22:32
  area.
• 22:33
  True,
• 22:34
  true.
• 22:34
  But
• 22:35
  just
• 22:35
  competitors
• 22:36
  in
• 22:36
  general.
• 22:36
  But,
• 22:36
  you
• 22:37
  know,
• 22:37
  they
• 22:37
  did
• 22:37
  a
• 22:37
  good
• 22:37
  job.
• 22:38
  So
• 22:39
  after
• 22:40
  Mai
• 22:40
  Chao,
• 22:42
  we
• 22:42
  did
• 22:42
  do
• 22:43
  the
• 22:43
  classic
• 22:43
  thing,
• 22:44
  which
• 22:44
  is
• 22:44
  going
• 22:45
  to
• 22:45
  see
• 22:45
  Ho
• 22:46
  Chi
• 22:46
  Minh's
• 22:47
  body
• 22:47
  in
• 22:47
  the
• 22:48
  mausoleum
• 22:48
  against
• 22:49
  his
• 22:49
  wishes.
• 22:50
  He
• 22:50
  was.
• 22:52
  What's
• 22:52
  the
• 22:52
  word?
• 22:54
  He
• 22:54
  was
• 22:55
  filled
• 22:55
  with
• 22:56
  chemicals
• 22:57
  to
• 22:57
  keep
• 22:57
  his
• 22:57
  body.
• 22:57
  Embalmed.
• 22:58
  Yes,
• 22:58
  yes,
• 22:59
  Embalmed.
• 23:00
  That's
• 23:00
  very
• 23:01
  Lenin.
• 23:02
  Yeah.
• 23:03
  Yeah.
• 23:03
  It's
• 23:03
  a
• 23:03
  very
• 23:04
  odd
• 23:04
  sight
• 23:05
  to
• 23:05
  see.
• 23:05
  And
• 23:05
  he
• 23:06
  really
• 23:06
  just
• 23:06
  looks
• 23:06
  like
• 23:07
  he's
• 23:07
  sleeping.
• 23:07
  It's
• 23:07
  kind
• 23:08
  of
• 23:08
  amazing
• 23:08
  since
• 23:08
  he's
• 23:09
  been
• 23:09
  dead
• 23:10
  since
• 23:10
  I
• 23:10
  think
• 23:10
  1968
• 23:12
  or
• 23:12
  so.
• 23:12
  And
• 23:13
  then
• 23:14
  after
• 23:15
  Hanoi,
• 23:16
  we
• 23:16
  went
• 23:16
  to
• 23:16
  Halong
• 23:17
  City.
• 23:18
  Ha
• 23:19
  Long
• 23:19
  City
• 23:20
  is
• 23:20
  the
• 23:21
  Las
• 23:21
  Vegas
• 23:22
  of
• 23:22
  Vietnam.
• 23:23
  It
• 23:23
  is
• 23:24
  the
• 23:24
  fastest
• 23:24
  growing
• 23:25
  city
• 23:25
  in
• 23:26
  the
• 23:26
  country
• 23:27
  because
• 23:27
  it's
• 23:27
  right
• 23:27
  on
• 23:28
  the
• 23:28
  doorstep
• 23:28
  for
• 23:29
  this
• 23:29
  natural
• 23:29
  wonder,
• 23:30
  which
• 23:30
  is
• 23:30
  Ha
• 23:31
  Long
• 23:31
  Bay,
• 23:31
  which
• 23:32
  is
• 23:32
  this
• 23:32
  beautiful
• 23:34
  kind
• 23:34
  of
• 23:34
  aqua
• 23:35
  green
• 23:37
  bay
• 23:37
  with
• 23:37
  these
• 23:38
  karst
• 23:39
  formations
• 23:39
  coming
• 23:40
  up
• 23:40
  out
• 23:40
  of
• 23:41
  it
• 23:41
  looks
• 23:41
  like
• 23:42
  something
• 23:42
  out
• 23:42
  of
• 23:42
  Avatar,
• 23:44
  that
• 23:44
  movie.
• 23:44
  It's
• 23:45
  just
• 23:45
  extraordinary
• 23:46
  looking.
• 23:47
  And
• 23:47
  Halong
• 23:47
  Bay
• 23:49
  has
• 23:49
  skyscraper
• 23:51
  after
• 23:51
  skyscraper
• 23:52
  after
• 23:52
  skyscraper,
• 23:54
  each
• 23:54
  of
• 23:54
  which
• 23:55
  is
• 23:56
  covered
• 23:56
  with
• 23:57
  LED
• 23:57
  lights
• 23:59
  flashing
• 23:59
  these
• 24:00
  different
• 24:00
  patterns.
• 24:01
  And
• 24:01
  there's
• 24:02
  a
• 24:02
  beach
• 24:02
  area
• 24:03
  where
• 24:03
  there's
• 24:04
  stage
• 24:04
  after
• 24:05
  stage
• 24:06
  blaring
• 24:06
  rock
• 24:07
  music
• 24:07
  as
• 24:08
  people
• 24:08
  dance.
• 24:09
  There
• 24:09
  are
• 24:09
  amusement
• 24:10
  park
• 24:10
  rides
• 24:11
  there.
• 24:12
  It's
• 24:12
  just
• 24:13
  so
• 24:14
  over
• 24:14
  the
• 24:14
  top,
• 24:15
  really
• 24:16
  a
• 24:16
  fascinating
• 24:17
  place
• 24:17
  to
• 24:18
  see.
• 24:18
  Wasn't
• 24:19
  my
• 24:19
  thing.
• 24:19
  And
• 24:20
  it's.
• 24:20
  To
• 24:20
  me,
• 24:21
  it
• 24:21
  reminded
• 24:22
  me
• 24:22
  a
• 24:22
  little
• 24:22
  bit
• 24:22
  of
• 24:22
  Niagara
• 24:23
  Falls.
• 24:23
  You
• 24:24
  have
• 24:24
  this
• 24:24
  great
• 24:24
  natural
• 24:25
  wonder,
• 24:26
  and
• 24:26
  on
• 24:26
  its
• 24:26
  doorstep
• 24:27
  is
• 24:27
  the
• 24:27
  honkiest
• 24:28
  of
• 24:28
  honky
• 24:29
  tonk
• 24:30
  stuff,
• 24:31
  you
• 24:31
  know,
• 24:32
  which
• 24:32
  is.
• 24:32
  It
• 24:33
  is
• 24:33
  what
• 24:33
  it
• 24:33
  is.
• 24:33
  But
• 24:34
  it
• 24:34
  was
• 24:34
  fascinating
• 24:34
  to
• 24:34
  see.
• 24:35
  Probably
• 24:35
  more
• 24:35
  fascinating
• 24:36
  for
• 24:36
  locals
• 24:37
  than
• 24:37
  it
• 24:37
  is
• 24:37
  for
• 24:38
  people
• 24:38
  who
• 24:38
  have
• 24:39
  seen
• 24:39
  plenty
• 24:39
  of
• 24:39
  honky
• 24:40
  tonk
• 24:40
  in
• 24:40
  their
• 24:40
  own
• 24:40
  countries
• 24:40
  already.
• 24:41
  Yeah,
• 24:42
  yeah.
• 24:43
  So
• 24:43
  after
• 24:44
  Ha
• 24:44
  Long
• 24:44
  Bay,
• 24:46
  we
• 24:46
  went
• 24:46
  back
• 24:47
  to
• 24:47
  Hanoi
• 24:48
  for
• 24:48
  one
• 24:48
  last
• 24:49
  night
• 24:49
  and
• 24:50
  toodled
• 24:51
  around
• 24:51
  some
• 24:52
  more.
• 24:52
  I
• 24:52
  took
• 24:53
  the
• 24:53
  girls
• 24:53
  back
• 24:53
  to
• 24:54
  the
• 24:54
  Ethnographic
• 24:55
  museum
• 24:55
  just
• 24:56
  because
• 24:56
  I
• 24:56
  thought
• 24:56
  it
• 24:56
  was
• 24:56
  so
• 24:57
  fascinating.
• 24:58
  And
• 24:58
  then
• 24:58
  we
• 24:58
  were
• 24:59
  off
• 24:59
  towards
• 25:00
  Central
• 25:01
  Vietnam.
• 25:03
  We
• 25:03
  went
• 25:03
  to
• 25:03
  Hu
• 25:05
  first,
• 25:05
  which
• 25:06
  is.
• 25:07
  Was
• 25:07
  this
• 25:08
  city
• 25:09
  that
• 25:09
  was
• 25:09
  the
• 25:10
  seat
• 25:11
  of
• 25:11
  imperial
• 25:12
  Vietnam.
• 25:13
  And
• 25:13
  actually,
• 25:14
  because
• 25:15
  the
• 25:15
  main
• 25:15
  palace
• 25:16
  in
• 25:16
  Hue
• 25:17
  had
• 25:17
  been
• 25:18
  under
• 25:18
  renovation
• 25:19
  when
• 25:19
  I
• 25:19
  was
• 25:19
  last
• 25:20
  there,
• 25:20
  I
• 25:20
  got
• 25:21
  to
• 25:21
  see
• 25:21
  a
• 25:21
  lot
• 25:21
  of
• 25:21
  new
• 25:22
  things.
• 25:23
  So
• 25:23
  that
• 25:23
  was
• 25:23
  wonderful.
• 25:24
  I
• 25:24
  actually
• 25:24
  really
• 25:25
  loved
• 25:26
  Hu.
• 25:27
  It's
• 25:27
  really
• 25:27
  the
• 25:28
  most
• 25:29
  interesting
• 25:29
  in
• 25:29
  terms
• 25:30
  of
• 25:30
  Vietnamese
• 25:31
  history
• 25:31
  that
• 25:32
  isn't
• 25:32
  involved
• 25:32
  with
• 25:33
  the
• 25:33
  Vietnamese
• 25:33
  War.
• 25:34
  You
• 25:34
  really
• 25:35
  get
• 25:35
  to
• 25:35
  understand
• 25:36
  what
• 25:37
  it
• 25:37
  meant
• 25:37
  to
• 25:37
  be
• 25:38
  a
• 25:38
  crowned
• 25:38
  prince.
• 25:39
  I
• 25:39
  mean,
• 25:39
  we
• 25:39
  went
• 25:39
  to
• 25:39
  the
• 25:40
  tomb
• 25:40
  of
• 25:41
  Taduk,
• 25:42
  who
• 25:42
  had
• 25:42
  a
• 25:43
  hundred
• 25:43
  wives
• 25:43
  but
• 25:44
  no
• 25:44
  offspring.
• 25:45
  You
• 25:46
  wonder
• 25:46
  how
• 25:46
  that
• 25:46
  happens.
• 25:49
  He
• 25:49
  could
• 25:49
  have
• 25:49
  used
• 25:50
  one
• 25:50
  of
• 25:50
  those
• 25:50
  fertility
• 25:51
  things.
• 25:52
  Right,
• 25:52
  right.
• 25:52
  And
• 25:53
  then
• 25:53
  we
• 25:53
  went
• 25:53
  to
• 25:53
  the
• 25:53
  palace
• 25:54
  of
• 25:54
  the
• 25:54
  guy
• 25:55
  who
• 25:55
  decided
• 25:56
  to
• 25:56
  get
• 25:56
  rid
• 25:56
  of
• 25:56
  the
• 25:57
  concubine
• 25:57
  system.
• 25:58
  The
• 25:58
  concubine
• 25:59
  system
• 25:59
  had
• 25:59
  been
• 25:59
  this
• 26:00
  really
• 26:00
  interesting
• 26:01
  strategic
• 26:02
  system
• 26:03
  because
• 26:04
  to
• 26:05
  keep
• 26:05
  generals
• 26:07
  loyal
• 26:08
  to
• 26:08
  whoever
• 26:08
  the
• 26:09
  emperor
• 26:09
  was,
• 26:10
  he
• 26:10
  would
• 26:10
  take
• 26:11
  their
• 26:11
  daughters
• 26:12
  as
• 26:12
  concubines
• 26:13
  so
• 26:14
  that
• 26:14
  they
• 26:14
  would
• 26:14
  be,
• 26:14
  in
• 26:15
  a
• 26:15
  way,
• 26:15
  family.
• 26:16
  And
• 26:16
  so
• 26:16
  that
• 26:17
  the.
• 26:17
  Because
• 26:17
  often
• 26:18
  the
• 26:18
  emperors
• 26:19
  would
• 26:19
  have
• 26:19
  multiple
• 26:20
  siblings
• 26:21
  because
• 26:21
  there
• 26:21
  were
• 26:21
  so
• 26:21
  many
• 26:22
  damn
• 26:22
  concubines.
• 26:23
  And
• 26:23
  whoever
• 26:24
  the
• 26:24
  favorite
• 26:25
  child
• 26:26
  was
• 26:26
  of
• 26:26
  the
• 26:27
  previous
• 26:27
  emperor
• 26:28
  would
• 26:28
  become
• 26:29
  the
• 26:29
  emperor.
• 26:29
  But
• 26:30
  that
• 26:30
  left
• 26:30
  a
• 26:30
  lot
• 26:31
  of
• 26:31
  angry
• 26:32
  and
• 26:32
  jealous
• 26:32
  siblings
• 26:33
  who
• 26:33
  would
• 26:33
  often
• 26:34
  try
• 26:34
  and
• 26:34
  get
• 26:35
  the
• 26:35
  generals
• 26:36
  to
• 26:36
  stand
• 26:36
  behind
• 26:36
  them.
• 26:37
  So
• 26:37
  there
• 26:37
  was
• 26:37
  a
• 26:37
  lot
• 26:37
  of
• 26:38
  palace
• 26:38
  intrigue
• 26:39
  that
• 26:39
  we
• 26:39
  learned
• 26:39
  about.
• 26:40
  It
• 26:40
  was
• 26:40
  quite,
• 26:41
  quite
• 26:41
  fascinating.
• 26:42
  It
• 26:42
  sounds
• 26:42
  like
• 26:42
  the
• 26:42
  bachelor
• 26:43
  pretty
• 26:44
  much.
• 26:45
  You
• 26:45
  know,
• 26:45
  the
• 26:45
  runner
• 26:46
  up
• 26:46
  gets
• 26:46
  to
• 26:46
  be
• 26:47
  the
• 26:48
  bachelor
• 26:48
  next
• 26:49
  time
• 26:49
  or
• 26:49
  the
• 26:49
  bachelorette
• 26:49
  next
• 26:49
  time.
• 26:50
  I
• 26:50
  can
• 26:50
  see
• 26:50
  why
• 26:51
  that
• 26:51
  would
• 26:51
  be
• 26:51
  a
• 26:51
  messy
• 26:51
  system.
• 26:52
  Yeah.
• 26:53
  And
• 26:53
  I
• 26:53
  think
• 26:53
  Quay
• 26:54
  had
• 26:54
  Some
• 26:54
  of
• 26:54
  my
• 26:55
  favorite
• 26:55
  food
• 26:56
  of
• 26:56
  really,
• 26:56
  really
• 26:57
  delicious
• 26:58
  noodle
• 26:58
  soups.
• 26:59
  Really
• 26:59
  delicious
• 27:00
  coffee.
• 27:00
  That's
• 27:01
  the
• 27:01
  thing
• 27:01
  that
• 27:01
  Vietnam
• 27:02
  does,
• 27:02
  right?
• 27:02
  Coffee.
• 27:03
  It's
• 27:03
  now
• 27:03
  this
• 27:04
  world's
• 27:05
  second
• 27:05
  biggest
• 27:06
  exporter
• 27:07
  of
• 27:07
  coffee.
• 27:07
  And
• 27:08
  they
• 27:08
  really
• 27:09
  do
• 27:09
  it
• 27:10
  like
• 27:10
  without
• 27:11
  any
• 27:12
  punches
• 27:12
  pulled.
• 27:13
  It's
• 27:13
  really
• 27:14
  like
• 27:14
  this
• 27:14
  bitter,
• 27:15
  deeply
• 27:16
  flavored
• 27:17
  coffee.
• 27:17
  And
• 27:17
  then
• 27:18
  they
• 27:18
  slather
• 27:18
  it
• 27:19
  in
• 27:19
  coconut
• 27:20
  milk
• 27:20
  or
• 27:21
  condensed
• 27:21
  milk.
• 27:22
  This
• 27:22
  really
• 27:22
  sweet
• 27:23
  contrast
• 27:24
  to
• 27:24
  it.
• 27:24
  Yeah,
• 27:25
  that's
• 27:25
  the
• 27:25
  one
• 27:25
  I
• 27:25
  like.
• 27:26
  So
• 27:27
  delicious.
• 27:27
  Oh
• 27:28
  my
• 27:28
  God.
• 27:28
  And
• 27:28
  strong.
• 27:28
  I
• 27:29
  mean,
• 27:29
  it
• 27:29
  looks
• 27:30
  like,
• 27:30
  like
• 27:30
  a
• 27:30
  milkshake.
• 27:31
  But
• 27:31
  it
• 27:31
  will
• 27:31
  keep
• 27:31
  you
• 27:31
  awake
• 27:32
  until
• 27:32
  Wednesday.
• 27:33
  Oh,
• 27:33
  yeah,
• 27:34
  yeah,
• 27:34
  yeah.
• 27:35
  So
• 27:35
  hu
• 27:35
  was
• 27:36
  fascinating.
• 27:36
  Then
• 27:37
  we
• 27:37
  went
• 27:37
  to
• 27:37
  Hoi
• 27:37
  An.
• 27:38
  Hoi
• 27:39
  An.
• 27:39
  We
• 27:39
  spent
• 27:39
  three
• 27:40
  days
• 27:40
  there
• 27:41
  because
• 27:42
  my
• 27:42
  kids
• 27:42
  wanted
• 27:43
  to
• 27:43
  get
• 27:43
  a
• 27:43
  lot
• 27:43
  of
• 27:44
  clothing
• 27:44
  tailored
• 27:45
  and
• 27:45
  to
• 27:45
  do
• 27:46
  that,
• 27:46
  right,
• 27:46
  you
• 27:46
  need
• 27:46
  to
• 27:47
  spend
• 27:47
  a
• 27:47
  couple
• 27:47
  of
• 27:47
  nights.
• 27:48
  But
• 27:48
  it
• 27:48
  is
• 27:48
  a
• 27:48
  very,
• 27:49
  very
• 27:49
  touristy
• 27:50
  place.
• 27:51
  You
• 27:51
  go
• 27:51
  to
• 27:51
  the
• 27:51
  old
• 27:52
  city
• 27:52
  and
• 27:52
  it's
• 27:53
  just
• 27:53
  store
• 27:53
  after
• 27:54
  store
• 27:54
  after
• 27:54
  store.
• 27:55
  There
• 27:55
  are
• 27:55
  probably,
• 27:56
  I
• 27:56
  don't
• 27:56
  know,
• 27:56
  a
• 27:56
  hundred
• 27:57
  tailor
• 27:57
  shops
• 27:58
  there
• 27:58
  and
• 27:59
  a
• 27:59
  hundred
• 28:00
  shoemakers.
• 28:01
  And,
• 28:02
  you
• 28:02
  know,
• 28:02
  it's
• 28:03
  fun,
• 28:03
  but
• 28:03
  it
• 28:04
  felt,
• 28:04
  you
• 28:05
  know,
• 28:05
  very,
• 28:06
  I
• 28:06
  don't
• 28:06
  know,
• 28:07
  not
• 28:07
  authentic.
• 28:08
  In
• 28:08
  the
• 28:08
  end
• 28:09
  though,
• 28:09
  did
• 28:09
  your
• 28:09
  daughters
• 28:10
  find
• 28:10
  a
• 28:10
  tailor
• 28:11
  that
• 28:11
  they
• 28:11
  liked?
• 28:12
  We
• 28:12
  found
• 28:13
  two
• 28:13
  tailors
• 28:13
  we
• 28:14
  liked
• 28:14
  and
• 28:15
  I
• 28:15
  wasn't
• 28:15
  going
• 28:16
  to
• 28:16
  do
• 28:16
  it,
• 28:16
  but
• 28:16
  I
• 28:16
  ended
• 28:17
  up
• 28:17
  getting
• 28:17
  a
• 28:17
  suit
• 28:18
  made
• 28:19
  that
• 28:19
  I
• 28:19
  think
• 28:20
  is
• 28:20
  good.
• 28:21
  I
• 28:21
  don't
• 28:22
  know,
• 28:22
  it's
• 28:22
  funny,
• 28:22
  it's
• 28:23
  a
• 28:23
  lovely
• 28:23
  shade
• 28:24
  of
• 28:24
  green
• 28:24
  that
• 28:24
  my
• 28:25
  younger
• 28:25
  daughter
• 28:25
  kept
• 28:26
  saying,
• 28:26
  are
• 28:26
  you
• 28:27
  sure
• 28:27
  you
• 28:27
  want
• 28:28
  that
• 28:28
  color?
• 28:29
  Are
• 28:29
  you
• 28:29
  sure?
• 28:30
  So
• 28:31
  I
• 28:32
  think
• 28:32
  it
• 28:32
  looks
• 28:32
  lovely.
• 28:33
  But
• 28:33
  her
• 28:35
  skeptics,
• 28:35
  I
• 28:36
  would
• 28:36
  never
• 28:36
  laugh
• 28:36
  at
• 28:36
  that.
• 28:37
  I
• 28:37
  get
• 28:37
  my
• 28:38
  suits
• 28:38
  made
• 28:38
  from
• 28:38
  a
• 28:38
  tailor
• 28:39
  in
• 28:39
  Hong
• 28:39
  Kong.
• 28:40
  Oh,
• 28:40
  really?
• 28:41
  I
• 28:41
  visited
• 28:41
  in
• 28:42
  person
• 28:42
  on
• 28:42
  one
• 28:42
  of
• 28:42
  my
• 28:42
  trips
• 28:43
  there,
• 28:43
  but
• 28:43
  now
• 28:44
  has
• 28:44
  my
• 28:44
  measurement
• 28:44
  details.
• 28:45
  And
• 28:45
  a
• 28:45
  couple
• 28:46
  years
• 28:46
  ago
• 28:46
  I
• 28:46
  needed
• 28:46
  a
• 28:46
  new
• 28:47
  tuxedo
• 28:47
  and
• 28:48
  based
• 28:48
  on
• 28:48
  a
• 28:49
  just
• 28:49
  a
• 28:49
  brush
• 28:49
  up
• 28:49
  on
• 28:49
  zoom.
• 28:50
  Now
• 28:50
  I
• 28:50
  have,
• 28:51
  you
• 28:51
  know,
• 28:51
  a
• 28:51
  new
• 28:51
  tuxedo
• 28:52
  that
• 28:52
  the
• 28:52
  Hong
• 28:52
  Kong
• 28:52
  tailor
• 28:53
  made
• 28:53
  me.
• 28:53
  So
• 28:53
  I
• 28:53
  know
• 28:54
  that
• 28:54
  these
• 28:54
  tailors
• 28:54
  can
• 28:54
  be
• 28:55
  very
• 28:55
  useful,
• 28:56
  very
• 28:56
  accurate,
• 28:56
  have
• 28:57
  interesting
• 28:57
  fabrics
• 28:58
  and
• 28:58
  you
• 28:59
  know,
• 28:59
  they're
• 28:59
  professionals,
• 29:00
  you
• 29:00
  know,
• 29:00
  they
• 29:01
  will,
• 29:02
  some
• 29:02
  of
• 29:02
  them
• 29:02
  will
• 29:02
  mail
• 29:03
  things
• 29:03
  to
• 29:03
  you
• 29:03
  and
• 29:04
  keep
• 29:04
  your
• 29:04
  information
• 29:05
  on
• 29:05
  file
• 29:05
  so
• 29:05
  you
• 29:05
  can
• 29:05
  continue
• 29:06
  a
• 29:06
  relationship
• 29:06
  with
• 29:06
  them
• 29:06
  if
• 29:07
  you
• 29:07
  like.
• 29:07
  Yeah,
• 29:08
  no,
• 29:08
  not
• 29:08
  only
• 29:08
  were
• 29:09
  they
• 29:09
  professional,
• 29:09
  they
• 29:10
  were
• 29:10
  lovely.
• 29:10
  They
• 29:10
  made.
• 29:11
  And
• 29:11
  they're
• 29:11
  affordable.
• 29:12
  They
• 29:12
  were
• 29:12
  affordable.
• 29:13
  Made
• 29:13
  the
• 29:13
  experience
• 29:14
  so
• 29:14
  much
• 29:14
  fun.
• 29:15
  The
• 29:15
  girls
• 29:15
  got
• 29:15
  a
• 29:16
  lot
• 29:16
  of
• 29:16
  different
• 29:16
  pieces.
• 29:17
  I
• 29:17
  got
• 29:17
  this
• 29:18
  new
• 29:18
  suit
• 29:18
  which
• 29:19
  I
• 29:19
  think
• 29:19
  will
• 29:19
  be
• 29:19
  good
• 29:19
  for
• 29:20
  TV
• 29:20
  appearances.
• 29:21
  So
• 29:21
  that
• 29:21
  was,
• 29:22
  that
• 29:22
  was
• 29:22
  great.
• 29:23
  And
• 29:23
  I
• 29:23
  also
• 29:23
  did
• 29:24
  goofy
• 29:24
  things.
• 29:25
  I
• 29:25
  took
• 29:25
  a
• 29:25
  cooking
• 29:26
  class
• 29:27
  and
• 29:27
  I
• 29:27
  think
• 29:27
  this
• 29:28
  may
• 29:28
  be
• 29:28
  the
• 29:29
  first
• 29:29
  cooking
• 29:29
  class
• 29:30
  I've
• 29:30
  ever
• 29:30
  been
• 29:31
  to
• 29:31
  that
• 29:31
  has
• 29:32
  been
• 29:32
  a
• 29:32
  total
• 29:33
  disappointment.
• 29:34
  I
• 29:34
  usually
• 29:35
  find
• 29:36
  something
• 29:36
  because
• 29:37
  I
• 29:37
  cook
• 29:38
  four
• 29:38
  or
• 29:38
  five
• 29:38
  times
• 29:39
  a
• 29:39
  week.
• 29:39
  That's,
• 29:40
  you
• 29:40
  know,
• 29:40
  what
• 29:40
  I
• 29:40
  do.
• 29:40
  It's
• 29:41
  my
• 29:41
  hobby.
• 29:42
  And
• 29:42
  I
• 29:42
  always
• 29:42
  learn
• 29:43
  a
• 29:43
  new
• 29:43
  technique
• 29:44
  or
• 29:44
  I
• 29:44
  learned
• 29:44
  something
• 29:45
  about
• 29:45
  ingredients
• 29:46
  I
• 29:46
  didn't
• 29:46
  know
• 29:47
  before
• 29:47
  this
• 29:48
  one.
• 29:48
  I
• 29:49
  just
• 29:49
  felt
• 29:49
  like
• 29:49
  I
• 29:49
  was
• 29:50
  the
• 29:50
  sous
• 29:50
  chef
• 29:51
  to
• 29:51
  the
• 29:52
  teacher
• 29:52
  who
• 29:52
  mostly
• 29:53
  did
• 29:53
  the
• 29:53
  cooking
• 29:54
  without
• 29:54
  really
• 29:54
  explaining
• 29:55
  it.
• 29:56
  It
• 29:56
  just
• 29:56
  was
• 29:56
  bad
• 29:57
  teacher,
• 29:57
  bad
• 29:58
  teacher,
• 29:58
  bad
• 29:59
  activity.
• 29:59
  I
• 30:00
  should
• 30:00
  have
• 30:00
  known
• 30:00
  it
• 30:00
  was
• 30:00
  called
• 30:01
  Grandma's
• 30:01
  Cooking
• 30:02
  Class.
• 30:02
  That
• 30:03
  should
• 30:03
  have
• 30:03
  been
• 30:04
  my.
• 30:04
  My
• 30:04
  warning.
• 30:05
  So
• 30:06
  another
• 30:07
  experience
• 30:08
  where
• 30:08
  I
• 30:08
  felt
• 30:09
  like
• 30:09
  it
• 30:09
  was
• 30:09
  so
• 30:10
  geared
• 30:10
  towards
• 30:10
  tourists
• 30:11
  that
• 30:12
  the
• 30:12
  point
• 30:13
  of
• 30:13
  it
• 30:13
  was
• 30:13
  gone.
• 30:14
  Yeah,
• 30:15
  they've
• 30:15
  done
• 30:15
  it
• 30:15
  a
• 30:15
  million
• 30:15
  times.
• 30:16
  They're
• 30:16
  no
• 30:16
  longer
• 30:17
  thinking
• 30:17
  about
• 30:17
  what
• 30:17
  the
• 30:18
  tourist
• 30:18
  is
• 30:18
  asking
• 30:19
  and
• 30:19
  needing
• 30:19
  and
• 30:19
  feeling
• 30:20
  and
• 30:20
  seeing.
• 30:20
  They're
• 30:20
  just.
• 30:21
  They
• 30:21
  just
• 30:21
  know
• 30:21
  how
• 30:21
  to
• 30:21
  go
• 30:22
  through
• 30:22
  the
• 30:22
  motions
• 30:22
  of
• 30:23
  the
• 30:23
  thing
• 30:24
  they
• 30:24
  did
• 30:24
  yesterday.
• 30:24
  I
• 30:25
  understand
• 30:25
  that's
• 30:26
  not
• 30:26
  just
• 30:26
  Vietnam.
• 30:26
  Of
• 30:27
  course.
• 30:27
  We've
• 30:27
  seen
• 30:27
  that
• 30:27
  happen
• 30:28
  in.
• 30:28
  In
• 30:28
  tourist
• 30:29
  destinations
• 30:29
  around
• 30:30
  the
• 30:30
  world
• 30:30
  world
• 30:30
  once
• 30:30
  they
• 30:31
  become
• 30:31
  popular.
• 30:32
  And
• 30:32
  then
• 30:32
  there's
• 30:32
  going
• 30:32
  to
• 30:32
  be
• 30:32
  a
• 30:32
  new
• 30:33
  phase
• 30:33
  after
• 30:33
  that
• 30:33
  where
• 30:33
  they
• 30:33
  sort
• 30:34
  of
• 30:34
  have
• 30:34
  to
• 30:34
  rediscover
• 30:34
  themselves
• 30:35
  and
• 30:35
  reintegrate
• 30:36
  themselves
• 30:36
  into
• 30:36
  the
• 30:36
  authenticity
• 30:37
  of
• 30:37
  what
• 30:37
  they
• 30:37
  were
• 30:38
  supposed
• 30:38
  to
• 30:38
  be
• 30:38
  about.
• 30:39
  Yeah,
• 30:39
  yeah.
• 30:40
  So,
• 30:41
  you
• 30:41
  know,
• 30:41
  it
• 30:41
  was
• 30:42
  up
• 30:42
  and
• 30:42
  down.
• 30:43
  Any
• 30:43
  interesting
• 30:43
  restaurants
• 30:44
  in
• 30:44
  Hoi
• 30:45
  An?
• 30:45
  Yes,
• 30:46
  there's
• 30:46
  a
• 30:46
  woman
• 30:47
  named
• 30:47
  V
• 30:48
  Y
• 30:49
  who
• 30:50
  has
• 30:50
  several
• 30:50
  restaurants
• 30:51
  there
• 30:52
  and
• 30:53
  did
• 30:53
  a
• 30:54
  pretty
• 30:54
  good
• 30:54
  job
• 30:55
  showing.
• 30:55
  One
• 30:56
  of
• 30:56
  them
• 30:56
  was
• 30:56
  the
• 30:57
  first
• 30:57
  kind
• 30:57
  of
• 30:57
  food
• 30:58
  court
• 30:58
  in
• 30:58
  Vietnam
• 30:59
  where
• 30:59
  they
• 31:00
  do
• 31:00
  all
• 31:01
  of
• 31:01
  the
• 31:01
  specialties
• 31:02
  from
• 31:02
  different
• 31:03
  regions.
• 31:03
  And
• 31:04
  so
• 31:04
  you
• 31:04
  get
• 31:04
  small
• 31:05
  plates
• 31:05
  and
• 31:06
  you
• 31:06
  can
• 31:06
  taste
• 31:06
  all
• 31:07
  of
• 31:07
  Vietnam
• 31:08
  in
• 31:08
  one
• 31:08
  place.
• 31:08
  And
• 31:09
  that
• 31:09
  actually
• 31:09
  was
• 31:10
  quite
• 31:10
  well
• 31:10
  done.
• 31:11
  It's
• 31:11
  called
• 31:11
  V's
• 31:12
  Market
• 31:13
  if
• 31:13
  you
• 31:13
  ever
• 31:13
  go.
• 31:14
  So
• 31:14
  that
• 31:14
  was
• 31:15
  good.
• 31:15
  When
• 31:15
  we
• 31:16
  were
• 31:16
  chatting
• 31:16
  before
• 31:16
  this,
• 31:16
  you
• 31:17
  also
• 31:17
  mentioned
• 31:17
  something
• 31:18
  about
• 31:18
  a
• 31:18
  dark
• 31:18
  restaurant.
• 31:19
  Oh,
• 31:19
  my
• 31:19
  goodness.
• 31:20
  We
• 31:20
  did
• 31:20
  that
• 31:20
  in
• 31:21
  Ho
• 31:21
  Chi
• 31:21
  Minh
• 31:21
  City.
• 31:22
  Our
• 31:22
  last
• 31:23
  stop
• 31:23
  was
• 31:23
  Ho
• 31:23
  Chi
• 31:23
  Minh
• 31:24
  City.
• 31:25
  And
• 31:25
  at
• 31:25
  one
• 31:26
  point
• 31:26
  the
• 31:26
  girls
• 31:26
  were
• 31:27
  arguing.
• 31:28
  At
• 31:28
  one
• 31:28
  point
• 31:28
  I
• 31:29
  was
• 31:29
  arguing
• 31:29
  with
• 31:29
  my
• 31:30
  husband.
• 31:30
  And
• 31:31
  I
• 31:31
  think
• 31:31
  maybe
• 31:32
  that
• 31:32
  also
• 31:32
  played
• 31:33
  into
• 31:34
  me
• 31:34
  not
• 31:35
  enjoying
• 31:35
  things
• 31:35
  as
• 31:36
  much
• 31:36
  because
• 31:37
  even
• 31:37
  though
• 31:37
  my
• 31:37
  daughter
• 31:37
  did
• 31:38
  the
• 31:38
  overall
• 31:39
  itinerary,
• 31:40
  I
• 31:40
  was
• 31:40
  responsible
• 31:41
  for
• 31:41
  a
• 31:41
  lot
• 31:42
  of
• 31:42
  the
• 31:42
  aspects
• 31:43
  of
• 31:43
  it.
• 31:43
  And
• 31:44
  I
• 31:44
  think
• 31:44
  if
• 31:44
  I'm
• 31:44
  going
• 31:44
  to
• 31:44
  travel
• 31:45
  with
• 31:45
  the
• 31:45
  three
• 31:45
  of
• 31:46
  them
• 31:46
  again,
• 31:46
  I'm
• 31:47
  going
• 31:47
  to
• 31:47
  force
• 31:47
  them
• 31:48
  to
• 31:48
  do
• 31:48
  some
• 31:48
  of
• 31:49
  the
• 31:49
  planning
• 31:49
  because
• 31:50
  there's
• 31:50
  something
• 31:50
  about
• 31:51
  feeling
• 31:51
  responsible
• 31:52
  for
• 31:52
  others
• 31:53
  enjoyment
• 31:54
  that
• 31:54
  can
• 31:55
  really
• 31:55
  put
• 31:55
  a
• 31:56
  damper
• 31:56
  on
• 31:56
  your
• 31:57
  own
• 31:57
  enjoyment,
• 31:57
  especially
• 31:58
  when
• 31:58
  things
• 31:58
  don't
• 31:59
  go
• 31:59
  right.
• 31:59
  And
• 31:59
  they.
• 32:00
  They
• 32:00
  always
• 32:00
  don't
• 32:00
  go
• 32:01
  right
• 32:01
  when
• 32:01
  you
• 32:01
  travel.
• 32:02
  That's
• 32:02
  part
• 32:02
  of
• 32:02
  traveling.
• 32:03
  But
• 32:03
  when
• 32:03
  you're
• 32:04
  the
• 32:04
  one
• 32:04
  who
• 32:04
  bears
• 32:05
  all
• 32:05
  the
• 32:05
  responsibility.
• 32:07
  And
• 32:07
  during
• 32:07
  the
• 32:07
  first
• 32:08
  week,
• 32:08
  when
• 32:08
  we
• 32:08
  were
• 32:09
  mostly
• 32:09
  with
• 32:09
  our.
• 32:10
  Our
• 32:10
  guide,
• 32:10
  who's
• 32:11
  a
• 32:11
  lovely
• 32:12
  guide,
• 32:13
  I
• 32:13
  just
• 32:14
  having
• 32:15
  to
• 32:15
  be
• 32:15
  social
• 32:16
  for
• 32:17
  that
• 32:17
  many
• 32:17
  hours
• 32:17
  a
• 32:18
  day,
• 32:19
  I
• 32:19
  found
• 32:19
  it
• 32:20
  very
• 32:20
  tiring.
• 32:22
  I
• 32:22
  don't
• 32:22
  know.
• 32:22
  Does
• 32:22
  that
• 32:22
  happen
• 32:23
  to
• 32:23
  you
• 32:23
  too?
• 32:24
  Well,
• 32:24
  without
• 32:24
  getting
• 32:24
  too
• 32:25
  much
• 32:25
  into
• 32:25
  psychology,
• 32:26
  it
• 32:26
  happens
• 32:27
  to
• 32:27
  me
• 32:27
  all
• 32:28
  the
• 32:28
  time.
• 32:29
  The
• 32:29
  older
• 32:29
  I
• 32:29
  get
• 32:30
  too,
• 32:31
  I'm
• 32:31
  more
• 32:31
  aware
• 32:31
  of
• 32:33
  social
• 32:33
  performance
• 32:34
  being
• 32:34
  something
• 32:34
  I
• 32:35
  want
• 32:35
  to
• 32:35
  do
• 32:35
  less
• 32:35
  of
• 32:36
  when
• 32:36
  I
• 32:36
  travel.
• 32:37
  Right.
• 32:38
  And
• 32:38
  so,
• 32:38
  you
• 32:38
  know,
• 32:39
  that
• 32:39
  just
• 32:39
  might
• 32:39
  be
• 32:39
  because
• 32:39
  now
• 32:40
  I'm
• 32:40
  more
• 32:40
  interested
• 32:40
  in
• 32:41
  history
• 32:41
  and
• 32:42
  reading
• 32:42
  and
• 32:42
  culture.
• 32:43
  And
• 32:43
  when
• 32:43
  I
• 32:43
  was
• 32:43
  younger,
• 32:43
  I
• 32:44
  was
• 32:44
  more
• 32:44
  interested
• 32:44
  in
• 32:44
  finding
• 32:45
  people
• 32:45
  and
• 32:45
  partying.
• 32:46
  And
• 32:46
  maybe
• 32:46
  that's
• 32:46
  a
• 32:46
  natural
• 32:47
  process
• 32:47
  progression.
• 32:47
  But
• 32:48
  I
• 32:48
  do
• 32:48
  believe
• 32:48
  that,
• 32:49
  yes,
• 32:50
  I
• 32:50
  will
• 32:50
  choose
• 32:51
  the
• 32:51
  option
• 32:51
  in
• 32:52
  all
• 32:52
  cases
• 32:52
  on
• 32:52
  vacation,
• 32:53
  when
• 32:53
  I
• 32:54
  don't
• 32:54
  necessarily
• 32:54
  have
• 32:55
  to
• 32:55
  perform
• 32:55
  politely
• 32:55
  for
• 32:56
  hours
• 32:56
  on
• 32:56
  end.
• 32:57
  Absolutely.
• 32:57
  And
• 32:58
  so
• 32:58
  I
• 32:58
  felt
• 32:58
  like
• 32:58
  I
• 32:59
  wanted
• 32:59
  to
• 32:59
  make
• 32:59
  sure
• 32:59
  he
• 33:00
  was
• 33:00
  fine
• 33:00
  and
• 33:01
  enjoying
• 33:01
  his
• 33:02
  job.
• 33:03
  And
• 33:04
  it
• 33:04
  just
• 33:04
  got
• 33:05
  exhausting.
• 33:05
  It
• 33:05
  just
• 33:06
  is
• 33:06
  not.
• 33:07
  I
• 33:07
  find
• 33:08
  when
• 33:08
  I
• 33:08
  travel
• 33:08
  alone,
• 33:09
  the
• 33:09
  relationship
• 33:10
  I'm
• 33:10
  making
• 33:11
  is
• 33:11
  with
• 33:11
  the
• 33:12
  destination.
• 33:13
  And
• 33:13
  I
• 33:13
  really
• 33:14
  get
• 33:14
  into
• 33:14
  learning
• 33:15
  about
• 33:15
  it
• 33:16
  and
• 33:16
  experiencing
• 33:17
  things
• 33:17
  and
• 33:18
  having
• 33:18
  a
• 33:19
  guide
• 33:19
  and
• 33:19
  frankly,
• 33:20
  having
• 33:20
  my
• 33:20
  family
• 33:21
  along.
• 33:21
  It
• 33:22
  was
• 33:22
  so
• 33:22
  much
• 33:23
  of
• 33:23
  the
• 33:23
  social
• 33:23
  stuff
• 33:24
  and
• 33:24
  small
• 33:25
  talk.
• 33:26
  Small
• 33:26
  talk.
• 33:27
  What's
• 33:27
  interesting
• 33:27
  is,
• 33:27
  you
• 33:28
  know,
• 33:28
  your
• 33:28
  first
• 33:28
  trip
• 33:28
  was
• 33:28
  about
• 33:29
  sort
• 33:29
  of
• 33:29
  discovering
• 33:30
  the
• 33:30
  real
• 33:30
  Vietnam
• 33:31
  after
• 33:31
  mostly
• 33:32
  knowing
• 33:32
  it
• 33:33
  for
• 33:33
  the
• 33:33
  cataclysm
• 33:34
  that
• 33:34
  happened
• 33:34
  from
• 33:35
  the
• 33:35
  50s
• 33:35
  to
• 33:35
  the
• 33:35
  70s.
• 33:36
  This
• 33:36
  trip,
• 33:37
  the
• 33:37
  things
• 33:37
  you
• 33:38
  keep
• 33:38
  mentioning
• 33:38
  as
• 33:38
  your
• 33:38
  favorite
• 33:39
  ones
• 33:39
  are
• 33:40
  the
• 33:40
  historical
• 33:40
  things,
• 33:41
  the
• 33:41
  ethnographic
• 33:42
  museum.
• 33:43
  Hui
• 33:43
  Hui.
• 33:44
  Did
• 33:44
  I
• 33:44
  get
• 33:44
  that
• 33:44
  right?
• 33:45
  You
• 33:45
  know,
• 33:45
  these
• 33:45
  are
• 33:45
  the
• 33:45
  things
• 33:46
  you
• 33:46
  liked
• 33:46
  the
• 33:46
  most.
• 33:47
  That's
• 33:48
  interesting.
• 33:48
  And
• 33:48
  it
• 33:48
  says
• 33:48
  a
• 33:49
  lot
• 33:49
  about
• 33:49
  the
• 33:49
  connection
• 33:50
  level
• 33:50
  that
• 33:51
  you
• 33:51
  are
• 33:51
  now
• 33:51
  seeking
• 33:52
  at
• 33:52
  the
• 33:52
  age
• 33:52
  you
• 33:53
  are.
• 33:53
  You'd
• 33:54
  rather
• 33:54
  not
• 33:54
  have
• 33:54
  the
• 33:54
  small
• 33:55
  talk
• 33:55
  and
• 33:55
  the
• 33:55
  nonsense
• 33:56
  and
• 33:56
  the
• 33:56
  canned
• 33:56
  stuff,
• 33:56
  and
• 33:56
  you'd
• 33:57
  rather
• 33:57
  have
• 33:57
  the
• 33:57
  authenticity
• 33:58
  and
• 33:58
  the
• 33:58
  meaningfulness
• 33:59
  and
• 33:59
  the
• 33:59
  one
• 33:59
  on
• 33:59
  ones
• 33:59
  and
• 34:00
  the
• 34:00
  connection.
• 34:00
  Yeah.
• 34:01
  And
• 34:01
  frankly,
• 34:01
  I
• 34:02
  mean,
• 34:02
  having
• 34:03
  a
• 34:03
  guide
• 34:03
  who
• 34:04
  could
• 34:04
  talk
• 34:04
  to
• 34:04
  people,
• 34:05
  he
• 34:05
  would
• 34:05
  often,
• 34:06
  just
• 34:06
  when
• 34:06
  we
• 34:06
  were
• 34:06
  in
• 34:07
  my
• 34:07
  chow,
• 34:08
  he
• 34:08
  would
• 34:08
  walk
• 34:08
  up
• 34:08
  to
• 34:09
  private
• 34:10
  homes
• 34:10
  and
• 34:11
  say,
• 34:11
  can
• 34:11
  I
• 34:11
  show
• 34:12
  my
• 34:12
  guests
• 34:12
  around?
• 34:13
  And
• 34:13
  then
• 34:14
  we
• 34:14
  would
• 34:14
  talk
• 34:15
  to
• 34:15
  people.
• 34:16
  And
• 34:16
  that
• 34:16
  was
• 34:16
  fascinating.
• 34:17
  I
• 34:17
  loved
• 34:18
  that.
• 34:18
  And
• 34:18
  with
• 34:18
  the
• 34:19
  language
• 34:19
  barrier,
• 34:20
  there's
• 34:20
  no
• 34:20
  way
• 34:20
  I
• 34:21
  could
• 34:21
  have
• 34:21
  done
• 34:21
  that
• 34:21
  on
• 34:22
  my
• 34:22
  own.
• 34:22
  So
• 34:22
  that
• 34:23
  was
• 34:23
  a
• 34:23
  blessing.
• 34:23
  It
• 34:23
  was
• 34:24
  just
• 34:24
  all
• 34:24
  the
• 34:24
  other
• 34:24
  stuff,
• 34:25
  all
• 34:25
  the
• 34:25
  other
• 34:26
  chit
• 34:26
  chat,
• 34:26
  all
• 34:26
  the
• 34:27
  sitting
• 34:27
  at
• 34:27
  meals
• 34:28
  together
• 34:28
  and
• 34:29
  being
• 34:29
  in
• 34:29
  the
• 34:29
  van
• 34:30
  together,
• 34:30
  and
• 34:31
  it
• 34:31
  just
• 34:31
  got
• 34:32
  exhausting.
• 34:32
  All
• 34:32
  right.
• 34:33
  So
• 34:33
  we
• 34:33
  ended
• 34:33
  up
• 34:34
  in
• 34:34
  Ho
• 34:34
  Chi
• 34:34
  Minh,
• 34:35
  where
• 34:35
  there's
• 34:36
  the
• 34:36
  remarkable
• 34:37
  War
• 34:37
  Remnants
• 34:38
  Museum,
• 34:39
  which
• 34:40
  is
• 34:42
  hard
• 34:42
  to
• 34:42
  take
• 34:42
  as
• 34:43
  An
• 34:43
  American,
• 34:43
  because,
• 34:44
  you
• 34:44
  know,
• 34:45
  what
• 34:45
  we
• 34:45
  did
• 34:45
  with
• 34:46
  Agent
• 34:46
  Orange
• 34:47
  and
• 34:47
  with
• 34:48
  other
• 34:48
  things
• 34:48
  that
• 34:49
  happened
• 34:49
  during
• 34:49
  the
• 34:49
  war,
• 34:51
  we
• 34:51
  acted
• 34:51
  in
• 34:52
  inexcusable
• 34:53
  ways.
• 34:54
  And
• 34:54
  so
• 34:55
  a
• 34:55
  lot
• 34:55
  of
• 34:55
  that
• 34:55
  museum
• 34:56
  is
• 34:56
  about
• 34:56
  war
• 34:56
  crimes.
• 34:57
  And
• 34:58
  so
• 34:58
  I
• 34:58
  think
• 34:59
  that
• 34:59
  was
• 34:59
  a
• 34:59
  shocker
• 34:59
  for
• 34:59
  my
• 35:00
  daughters,
• 35:00
  who
• 35:01
  hadn't
• 35:01
  really
• 35:01
  known
• 35:02
  much
• 35:02
  about
• 35:02
  the
• 35:03
  war
• 35:03
  before
• 35:03
  going
• 35:03
  there.
• 35:04
  And
• 35:05
  we
• 35:05
  also
• 35:05
  took
• 35:06
  a
• 35:06
  wonderful
• 35:07
  tour
• 35:08
  by
• 35:08
  motorbike
• 35:09
  around
• 35:09
  the
• 35:09
  city.
• 35:10
  It
• 35:10
  was
• 35:10
  a
• 35:11
  food
• 35:11
  tour,
• 35:12
  and
• 35:12
  so
• 35:12
  we
• 35:12
  tried
• 35:13
  a
• 35:13
  lot
• 35:13
  of
• 35:13
  interesting
• 35:13
  foods.
• 35:14
  But
• 35:14
  she
• 35:14
  also
• 35:15
  took
• 35:15
  us
• 35:15
  around
• 35:16
  and
• 35:16
  showed
• 35:17
  us,
• 35:17
  in
• 35:17
  Ho
• 35:18
  Chi
• 35:18
  Minh
• 35:18
  City,
• 35:19
  entire
• 35:19
  blocks
• 35:20
  were
• 35:20
  turned
• 35:21
  to
• 35:21
  rubble.
• 35:21
  And
• 35:22
  so
• 35:22
  when
• 35:23
  the
• 35:23
  government
• 35:24
  was
• 35:24
  unified
• 35:25
  in
• 35:25
  1975,
• 35:27
  they
• 35:27
  built
• 35:27
  apartment
• 35:28
  buildings
• 35:29
  with
• 35:30
  pretty
• 35:30
  small
• 35:30
  apartments
• 35:31
  in
• 35:32
  them,
• 35:32
  without
• 35:33
  kitchens
• 35:34
  in
• 35:34
  them
• 35:35
  because
• 35:35
  of
• 35:35
  the
• 35:35
  worry
• 35:36
  that
• 35:36
  there
• 35:36
  would
• 35:37
  be
• 35:37
  fires.
• 35:38
  And
• 35:39
  so
• 35:39
  everybody
• 35:40
  cooks
• 35:40
  on
• 35:40
  their
• 35:41
  balconies
• 35:41
  outdoors.
• 35:42
  They
• 35:43
  had
• 35:43
  to
• 35:43
  add
• 35:44
  stoves
• 35:44
  in
• 35:44
  the
• 35:45
  outdoor
• 35:45
  areas.
• 35:46
  And
• 35:46
  people
• 35:46
  still
• 35:47
  live
• 35:47
  in
• 35:48
  these
• 35:48
  apartment
• 35:49
  blocks
• 35:49
  that
• 35:49
  were
• 35:50
  built
• 35:50
  in
• 35:50
  the,
• 35:51
  I
• 35:51
  guess
• 35:51
  the
• 35:52
  70s.
• 35:53
  And
• 35:53
  at
• 35:53
  one
• 35:53
  point
• 35:53
  they
• 35:54
  said
• 35:54
  to
• 35:54
  us,
• 35:54
  what
• 35:54
  do
• 35:54
  you
• 35:54
  think
• 35:55
  is
• 35:55
  most
• 35:55
  popular?
• 35:56
  The
• 35:56
  first
• 35:56
  floor,
• 35:57
  the
• 35:57
  second
• 35:57
  floor
• 35:58
  or
• 35:58
  the
• 35:58
  third
• 35:59
  floor?
• 35:59
  We
• 36:00
  said,
• 36:00
  oh,
• 36:00
  it
• 36:00
  must
• 36:00
  be
• 36:00
  the
• 36:00
  third
• 36:01
  floor.
• 36:01
  Why
• 36:01
  would
• 36:01
  you
• 36:02
  want
• 36:02
  to
• 36:02
  be
• 36:02
  right
• 36:02
  on
• 36:02
  the
• 36:02
  street?
• 36:03
  Turns
• 36:03
  out
• 36:04
  everybody
• 36:04
  wants
• 36:04
  to
• 36:04
  be
• 36:05
  on
• 36:05
  the
• 36:05
  first
• 36:05
  floor
• 36:06
  because
• 36:06
  heat
• 36:06
  rises
• 36:07
  and
• 36:08
  Ho
• 36:08
  Chi
• 36:08
  Minh
• 36:08
  City
• 36:09
  is
• 36:09
  hot
• 36:09
  year
• 36:10
  round
• 36:10
  and
• 36:10
  really
• 36:11
  hot
• 36:11
  in
• 36:11
  the
• 36:11
  summer.
• 36:12
  But
• 36:12
  also,
• 36:12
  I
• 36:13
  hadn't
• 36:13
  realized
• 36:14
  this.
• 36:14
  You
• 36:14
  know,
• 36:14
  there
• 36:14
  are
• 36:14
  motorbikes
• 36:15
  everywhere.
• 36:16
  You
• 36:16
  feel
• 36:17
  like
• 36:17
  they're
• 36:17
  parked
• 36:18
  willy
• 36:18
  nilly
• 36:19
  on
• 36:19
  the
• 36:19
  sidewalk.
• 36:20
  But
• 36:20
  no,
• 36:20
  to
• 36:21
  park
• 36:21
  your
• 36:21
  motorbike,
• 36:22
  you
• 36:22
  have
• 36:22
  to
• 36:22
  pay
• 36:23
  rent
• 36:23
  to
• 36:23
  the
• 36:24
  person
• 36:24
  in
• 36:24
  the
• 36:25
  apartment
• 36:25
  on
• 36:25
  the
• 36:25
  first
• 36:26
  floor.
• 36:27
  And
• 36:28
  so
• 36:28
  it's
• 36:29
  interesting,
• 36:29
  when
• 36:29
  you
• 36:30
  go
• 36:30
  into
• 36:30
  someone's
• 36:30
  house,
• 36:31
  you
• 36:31
  take
• 36:31
  off
• 36:32
  your
• 36:32
  shoes.
• 36:32
  But
• 36:33
  often
• 36:33
  they'll
• 36:34
  take
• 36:34
  those
• 36:34
  motorbikes
• 36:35
  into
• 36:35
  the
• 36:35
  apartment
• 36:36
  so
• 36:36
  they
• 36:37
  don't
• 36:37
  have
• 36:37
  to
• 36:37
  pay
• 36:37
  a
• 36:37
  street
• 36:38
  rent
• 36:38
  on
• 36:38
  them.
• 36:39
  In
• 36:39
  fact,
• 36:39
  we
• 36:39
  saw.
• 36:40
  Our
• 36:40
  guide
• 36:41
  showed
• 36:41
  us
• 36:41
  a
• 36:41
  video
• 36:42
  of
• 36:42
  somebody
• 36:43
  riding
• 36:43
  a
• 36:43
  motorbike
• 36:44
  up
• 36:44
  a
• 36:44
  stairway
• 36:45
  to
• 36:46
  put
• 36:47
  the
• 36:47
  motorbike
• 36:48
  in
• 36:48
  a
• 36:48
  second
• 36:48
  floor
• 36:49
  apartment.
• 36:50
  So
• 36:51
  that
• 36:51
  was
• 36:51
  fascinating.
• 36:52
  We
• 36:52
  went
• 36:52
  to
• 36:53
  a.
• 36:54
  Don't
• 36:54
  try
• 36:54
  that
• 36:54
  in
• 36:55
  your
• 36:55
  own
• 36:55
  apartment,
• 36:56
  listeners.
• 36:57
  Your
• 36:57
  landlord
• 36:58
  may
• 36:58
  not
• 36:58
  approve.
• 37:00
  We
• 37:00
  went
• 37:00
  to
• 37:00
  a
• 37:00
  monument
• 37:01
  to
• 37:02
  that
• 37:02
  monk
• 37:02
  who
• 37:03
  set
• 37:03
  himself
• 37:03
  on
• 37:03
  fire
• 37:04
  during
• 37:05
  the
• 37:05
  Vietnam
• 37:05
  War.
• 37:06
  And
• 37:06
  that
• 37:06
  was
• 37:08
  horrifying,
• 37:09
  but
• 37:09
  also
• 37:10
  fascinating.
• 37:12
  And
• 37:12
  then
• 37:12
  we
• 37:12
  decided
• 37:13
  to
• 37:13
  go
• 37:13
  to
• 37:13
  this
• 37:15
  dark
• 37:15
  restaurant
• 37:16
  for
• 37:17
  our
• 37:17
  last
• 37:17
  night
• 37:17
  in
• 37:18
  Vietnam.
• 37:19
  This
• 37:19
  we
• 37:19
  did
• 37:19
  on
• 37:20
  New
• 37:20
  Year's
• 37:20
  Eve.
• 37:21
  It's
• 37:21
  a
• 37:21
  restaurant
• 37:22
  that
• 37:22
  was
• 37:22
  entirely.
• 37:23
  Well,
• 37:24
  they
• 37:24
  have
• 37:24
  two
• 37:24
  restaurants.
• 37:25
  The
• 37:25
  restaurant
• 37:26
  on
• 37:26
  the
• 37:26
  ground
• 37:27
  floor
• 37:27
  is
• 37:27
  entirely
• 37:28
  staffed
• 37:29
  by
• 37:29
  blind
• 37:29
  people.
• 37:30
  And
• 37:31
  you
• 37:31
  have
• 37:31
  to
• 37:31
  hold
• 37:31
  onto
• 37:32
  their
• 37:32
  shoulders
• 37:33
  as
• 37:33
  you
• 37:33
  walk
• 37:33
  into
• 37:34
  the
• 37:34
  restaurant
• 37:34
  because
• 37:35
  it's
• 37:35
  pitch
• 37:35
  black.
• 37:36
  And
• 37:36
  then
• 37:36
  they
• 37:37
  serve
• 37:37
  you
• 37:37
  food
• 37:38
  that
• 37:38
  you
• 37:38
  can't
• 37:39
  see.
• 37:39
  If
• 37:39
  the
• 37:40
  food
• 37:40
  had
• 37:40
  been
• 37:40
  better,
• 37:41
  it
• 37:41
  would
• 37:41
  have
• 37:41
  been
• 37:42
  a
• 37:42
  better
• 37:42
  experience.
• 37:43
  It
• 37:44
  was
• 37:44
  interesting,
• 37:45
  but
• 37:45
  the
• 37:45
  food
• 37:46
  kind
• 37:46
  of
• 37:46
  tasted
• 37:46
  like
• 37:47
  airline
• 37:47
  food
• 37:47
  to
• 37:48
  me.
• 37:48
  I
• 37:48
  did
• 37:48
  not
• 37:48
  think
• 37:49
  the
• 37:49
  food
• 37:49
  was
• 37:49
  that
• 37:49
  good.
• 37:50
  And
• 37:50
  then
• 37:50
  when
• 37:50
  I
• 37:50
  got
• 37:51
  out
• 37:51
  of
• 37:51
  the
• 37:51
  first
• 37:51
  floor
• 37:52
  restaurant,
• 37:52
  there
• 37:52
  was
• 37:53
  one
• 37:53
  on
• 37:53
  the
• 37:53
  second
• 37:53
  floor,
• 37:54
  and
• 37:54
  I
• 37:54
  said,
• 37:55
  oh,
• 37:55
  what's
• 37:55
  that
• 37:56
  restaurant?
• 37:56
  And
• 37:57
  I
• 37:57
  kid
• 37:57
  you
• 37:57
  not,
• 37:58
  they
• 37:58
  said,
• 37:58
  oh,
• 37:58
  you
• 37:59
  can
• 37:59
  see
• 37:59
  in
• 37:59
  that
• 37:59
  restaurant,
• 38:00
  but
• 38:00
  all
• 38:00
  the
• 38:01
  servers
• 38:01
  are
• 38:01
  deaf
• 38:02
  and
• 38:02
  dumb.
• 38:03
  I
• 38:04
  thought,
• 38:04
  oh,
• 38:04
  well,
• 38:05
  that's
• 38:05
  interesting.
• 38:06
  Okay.
• 38:07
  You
• 38:07
  know,
• 38:07
  there's
• 38:07
  a
• 38:07
  restaurant
• 38:07
  in
• 38:08
  Japan
• 38:09
  that
• 38:09
  is
• 38:09
  staffed
• 38:10
  with
• 38:10
  elderly
• 38:11
  people
• 38:11
  with
• 38:11
  dementia.
• 38:12
  And
• 38:12
  the
• 38:13
  agreement
• 38:13
  is
• 38:13
  if
• 38:13
  they
• 38:14
  bring
• 38:14
  you
• 38:14
  the
• 38:14
  wrong
• 38:14
  dish
• 38:14
  or
• 38:15
  if
• 38:15
  they
• 38:15
  forget
• 38:15
  your
• 38:15
  order,
• 38:16
  you
• 38:16
  just
• 38:16
  don't
• 38:16
  say
• 38:16
  anything.
• 38:17
  You
• 38:17
  smile,
• 38:17
  and
• 38:17
  you
• 38:18
  take
• 38:18
  what
• 38:18
  they
• 38:18
  give
• 38:18
  you
• 38:18
  in
• 38:19
  order
• 38:19
  to
• 38:19
  be
• 38:19
  supportive
• 38:20
  of
• 38:21
  your
• 38:21
  elders.
• 38:22
  So
• 38:22
  there's
• 38:23
  something
• 38:23
  kind
• 38:23
  of
• 38:23
  lovely
• 38:24
  happening
• 38:24
  throughout
• 38:25
  Asia,
• 38:25
  it
• 38:25
  sounds
• 38:26
  like,
• 38:27
  societally
• 38:27
  speaking.
• 38:28
  Yeah,
• 38:29
  it
• 38:29
  was
• 38:29
  very.
• 38:29
  Even
• 38:29
  if
• 38:29
  the
• 38:29
  food's
• 38:30
  not
• 38:30
  that
• 38:30
  good.
• 38:31
  Right.
• 38:31
  And
• 38:32
  then
• 38:32
  we
• 38:32
  went
• 38:32
  to
• 38:33
  the
• 38:33
  main
• 38:33
  kind
• 38:34
  of
• 38:34
  walking
• 38:34
  street
• 38:35
  for
• 38:35
  New
• 38:35
  Year's
• 38:36
  Eve,
• 38:37
  where
• 38:37
  there
• 38:37
  were
• 38:38
  thousands
• 38:39
  upon
• 38:39
  thousands
• 38:40
  of
• 38:40
  people
• 38:40
  and
• 38:41
  Asian
• 38:42
  pop
• 38:42
  stars
• 38:42
  on
• 38:43
  stage,
• 38:44
  Vietnamese
• 38:44
  pop
• 38:45
  stars
• 38:45
  who
• 38:45
  actually
• 38:46
  I
• 38:46
  liked,
• 38:46
  who
• 38:46
  were
• 38:47
  really
• 38:47
  good,
• 38:47
  giving
• 38:48
  a
• 38:48
  great
• 38:48
  performance.
• 38:49
  And
• 38:49
  there
• 38:49
  were
• 38:50
  fireworks.
• 38:51
  We
• 38:51
  were
• 38:51
  walking
• 38:52
  home
• 38:52
  during
• 38:52
  part
• 38:53
  of
• 38:53
  the
• 38:53
  fireworks,
• 38:53
  and
• 38:53
  what
• 38:54
  I
• 38:54
  loved
• 38:54
  was
• 38:55
  there
• 38:55
  were
• 38:55
  thousands
• 38:56
  of
• 38:56
  motorbike
• 38:57
  riders,
• 38:58
  but
• 38:58
  everybody
• 38:59
  stood
• 38:59
  stock
• 39:00
  still
• 39:00
  in
• 39:00
  the
• 39:01
  street
• 39:01
  and
• 39:02
  watched
• 39:02
  the
• 39:02
  fireworks
• 39:03
  together.
• 39:03
  Some
• 39:04
  people
• 39:04
  on
• 39:04
  their
• 39:04
  motorbikes,
• 39:05
  some
• 39:05
  people
• 39:05
  on
• 39:06
  F.
• 39:07
  But
• 39:07
  it
• 39:07
  was
• 39:07
  like
• 39:07
  there
• 39:08
  was
• 39:08
  this
• 39:08
  unspoken
• 39:09
  agreement
• 39:10
  to
• 39:10
  just
• 39:10
  stand
• 39:11
  and
• 39:11
  enjoy
• 39:11
  it
• 39:12
  together.
• 39:12
  And
• 39:12
  that
• 39:13
  I
• 39:13
  thought
• 39:13
  was
• 39:13
  really,
• 39:13
  really
• 39:14
  a
• 39:14
  beautiful
• 39:15
  way
• 39:15
  to
• 39:15
  ring
• 39:16
  in
• 39:16
  the
• 39:16
  new
• 39:16
  year.
• 39:17
  It
• 39:17
  does
• 39:18
  sound
• 39:18
  lovely
• 39:18
  and
• 39:19
  unusual.
• 39:20
  A
• 39:20
  society
• 39:20
  united
• 39:21
  in
• 39:21
  peace.
• 39:22
  Tell
• 39:23
  me
• 39:23
  more.
• 39:24
  Yeah,
• 39:25
  so
• 39:25
  that
• 39:26
  was
• 39:26
  my
• 39:26
  experience
• 39:27
  of
• 39:27
  Vietnam
• 39:28
  in
• 39:29
  a
• 39:29
  nutshell.
• 39:30
  You
• 39:30
  know,
• 39:30
  it
• 39:30
  sounds
• 39:30
  a
• 39:30
  little
• 39:31
  more,
• 39:32
  let's
• 39:32
  just
• 39:32
  say,
• 39:33
  down
• 39:33
  to
• 39:33
  earth
• 39:33
  than
• 39:33
  your
• 39:34
  first
• 39:34
  visit.
• 39:34
  But
• 39:35
  ultimately,
• 39:35
  you
• 39:35
  had
• 39:36
  a
• 39:36
  really
• 39:36
  interesting
• 39:37
  time
• 39:37
  and
• 39:37
  you
• 39:37
  learned
• 39:38
  a
• 39:38
  lot.
• 39:39
  Yeah,
• 39:39
  I
• 39:39
  learned
• 39:39
  a
• 39:39
  lot.
• 39:40
  I
• 39:40
  think
• 39:40
  this
• 39:41
  time
• 39:41
  I
• 39:41
  learned
• 39:41
  more
• 39:42
  about
• 39:42
  the
• 39:43
  culture
• 39:43
  and
• 39:43
  history
• 39:44
  of
• 39:44
  Vietnam
• 39:44
  itself,
• 39:45
  and
• 39:45
  that's
• 39:45
  always
• 39:45
  a
• 39:46
  blessing.
• 39:46
  So
• 39:46
  if
• 39:47
  you'd
• 39:47
  ever
• 39:47
  return
• 39:47
  to
• 39:47
  Vietnam
• 39:48
  a
• 39:48
  third
• 39:48
  time,
• 39:49
  sometime
• 39:49
  soon,
• 39:49
  what
• 39:49
  changes
• 39:50
  would
• 39:50
  you
• 39:50
  make
• 39:50
  to
• 39:50
  your
• 39:51
  itinerary?
• 39:51
  What
• 39:51
  might
• 39:52
  you
• 39:52
  do
• 39:52
  the
• 39:52
  next
• 39:52
  time?
• 39:53
  I'd
• 39:53
  like
• 39:53
  to
• 39:54
  go
• 39:54
  to
• 39:54
  some
• 39:54
  of
• 39:54
  the
• 39:54
  other
• 39:55
  indigenous
• 39:55
  areas
• 39:56
  that
• 39:57
  have
• 39:57
  different
• 39:57
  tribes.
• 39:59
  Sapa
• 40:00
  in
• 40:00
  up
• 40:00
  in
• 40:00
  a
• 40:01
  different
• 40:01
  set
• 40:01
  of
• 40:01
  mountains
• 40:02
  is
• 40:02
  supposed
• 40:02
  to
• 40:02
  be
• 40:03
  fascinating.
• 40:04
  So
• 40:04
  I'd
• 40:04
  like
• 40:04
  to
• 40:04
  go
• 40:04
  this
• 40:05
  time
• 40:05
  to
• 40:05
  places
• 40:05
  I
• 40:06
  haven't
• 40:06
  been
• 40:06
  before.
• 40:07
  And
• 40:07
  I'd
• 40:07
  like
• 40:07
  to
• 40:07
  add
• 40:08
  on
• 40:08
  Cambodia
• 40:09
  I'd
• 40:09
  really,
• 40:09
  really
• 40:10
  like.
• 40:11
  Yeah.
• 40:12
  And
• 40:12
  Laos,
• 40:12
  I'm
• 40:12
  dying
• 40:13
  to
• 40:13
  go.
• 40:13
  I
• 40:13
  haven't
• 40:13
  been
• 40:14
  allowed
• 40:14
  yet.
• 40:14
  And
• 40:14
  I
• 40:14
  really
• 40:14
  want
• 40:15
  to
• 40:15
  go
• 40:15
  there,
• 40:15
  the
• 40:15
  food
• 40:16
  for
• 40:16
  just
• 40:16
  one
• 40:17
  of
• 40:17
  the
• 40:17
  many
• 40:17
  reasons,
• 40:17
  but
• 40:17
  I
• 40:18
  didn't.
• 40:18
  It's
• 40:18
  a
• 40:18
  fascinating
• 40:19
  area
• 40:19
  of
• 40:19
  the
• 40:20
  world.
• 40:20
  Yeah.
• 40:21
  Yeah.
• 40:21
  So
• 40:21
  that's
• 40:21
  it.
• 40:22
  So
• 40:22
  thank
• 40:22
  you,
• 40:22
  Jason.
• 40:23
  Sounds
• 40:23
  terrific.
• 40:24
  Appreciate
• 40:24
  the
• 40:25
  conversation.
• 40:26
  And.
• 40:28
  And
• 40:28
  to
• 40:28
  those
• 40:28
  who
• 40:29
  are
• 40:29
  traveling,
• 40:30
  get
• 40:30
  out
• 40:30
  there.
• 40:31
  It's
• 40:31
  a
• 40:31
  new
• 40:32
  year.
• 40:32
  There's
• 40:33
  a
• 40:33
  lot
• 40:33
  of
• 40:33
  opportunity
• 40:34
  to
• 40:34
  see
• 40:34
  the
• 40:35
  world.
• 40:35
  So
• 40:36
  let's.
• 40:36
  Let's
• 40:36
  make
• 40:36
  sure
• 40:37
  we
• 40:37
  don't
• 40:38
  just
• 40:38
  stay
• 40:38
  at
• 40:38
  home.
• 40:39
  And
• 40:39
  if
• 40:39
  you
• 40:40
  are
• 40:40
  traveling,
• 40:40
  may
• 40:41
  I
• 40:41
  wish
• 40:41
  you
• 40:41
  a
• 40:41
  hearty
• 40:42
  bon
• 40:42
  voyage?
• 40:43
  I'll
• 40:43
  see
• 40:43
  you
• 40:44
  next
• 40:44
  week.
• 40:56
  Sour
• 40:57
  candy
• 40:58
  on
• 40:59
  the
• 40:59
  table
• 41:01
  Lazy
• 41:02
  afternoons
• 41:03
  in
• 41:03
  your
• 41:04
  sweatpants
• 41:05
  watching
• 41:05
  table
• 41:07
  well,
• 41:08
  it
• 41:08
  feels
• 41:09
  so
• 41:09
  warm.