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Interacting With The Locals in Vietnam is Downright Unpleasant

Nightclubs From the beginning, I had a tough time with most interactions we had with locals in Vietnam. Granted, most of the people we met were some form of shopkeeper and as soon as money was introduced to the equation the nice relationship became mean, rude and angry. However, due …
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Posted on August 16, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in Cities, Culture, Goodnight...And Goodbye, VietNam, Highlights, Scams, Vietnam | Tagged General Observations, Haggling, Hanoi, Ho Chi Min, India & Southeast Asia, Indigenous People, Observations, Sa Pa, Saigon, Sapa, Shopping, Vietnam | Leave a comment

The Hills are Alive with Rice Fields and Local Tribeswomen in Sapa

Our group was small and we had a private tour guide, but we left at the same time as a dozen other tours. Surrounding each group were a handful of Hmong tribeswomen, different from the ones who found us at the bus the day before.
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Posted on August 16, 2009 by Greg Goodman