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  1. A Foreign Christmas

    Blog: Ottsworld - 21 December 2011

    One of the most unusual sites I witnessed in my travels was experiencing Christmas in Asia. I had been living in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam for 3 months when December 25th rolled around. In a country with no real religion, and no westernized consumerism (yet), Vietnam surprised me with their Christmas spirit. Christmas in [...]

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  2. What to expect in a Vietnamese Restaurant

    Blog: Ottsworld - 16 June 2010

    Going out to eat at a restaurant is easy, right? …not always. Often when you find yourself in other countries, even though there’s a waiter, a table, you are putting food in your mouth, and there’s a bill – there are many things that can be vastly different. As I lived in Vietnam there [...]

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  3. Tunneling into the deepest recesses of Hell: Cu Chi

    Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 13 June 2010

    Descending into the black, airless, and stiflingly hot tunnels at Cu Chi is like climbing into a filthy, claustrophobic coffin—movement is severely restrained, all is dark, you cannot breathe. Continuing deeper is like moving from one circle of hell to … Continue reading →Tunneling into the deepest recesses of Hell: Cu Chi is a post from: Nilikuta Shani

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  4. Turning on the Faucet: Vietnam’s Rainy Season

    Blog: Ottsworld - 4 May 2009

    It has arrived in Vietnam with a vengeance; the rainy season. I am reminded of the movie Forest Gump; his description of Vietnam. “It was as if they turned on a faucet. One day it started raining, and it didn’t quit for four months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin’ [...]

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