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Taking Refuge in a Vietnamese Bookshop Cafe

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page," - Saint Augustine I wasn't a huge fan of Hanoi during my time in Vietnam. It is the second largest city in Vietnam but it felt like the busiest to me. At all hours of the day, Hanoi was loud, busy and crammed with people. The reason I went there was to go to Halong Bay, but we did end up spending a fair amount of days in the city itself, mostly wandering throughout the busy streets. By the time the last day rolled around I was certain I had hearing loss from the cosntant, high-pitched honks of the[...]

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The Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Saigon, or as it is now officially called, Ho Chi Minh, was full of excitement for us. I had been looking forward to this metrapolitan city and was told that it was the city with the crazy amount of traffic. Well, that was certainly correct. I held my breath every time I crossed the street here but now I'm actually quite good at it! While in Saigon, we decided to spend a day on the Mekong Delta. During the day, we tried some coconut candies, had shots of banana wine, tasted tea made with pollen, I held a snake around my neck(which was actually really cool and I s[...]