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Old 07-08-2010 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by JungleBus

Original trip, which I hope to still make a go of sometime soon, was Hanoi-Halong Bay-Cat Ba-Ho Chi Minh-Mekong Delta-Phu Quoc-SGN-Home.
Sounds like the full itinerary. We played an amazing round of golf in Danang right around some old gun emplacements. Eeery how just a few decades ago many Americans and Vietkong were losing their lives there, now there is world class resorts, with a casino going up.
Funny thing is after spending three days in Hanoi, it's as capitilistic (everyone owns a shop or has something for sale) as any asian city plus some. Also, a moped can be used as a cargo delivery truck quite efficiently.
Amazing to think that the was was between capitalism and communism because although the Vietkong won the war, capitalism rules the day in Vietnam more than ever.
I realize they officially renounced communism a couple decades ago, but other than the state owning a majority of the utilities, it's game on in Vietnam.
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