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Right: Josh surrounded by Red Zao ladies eager to show him their wares. |
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Journal
Continued: The night train back to hanoi was just as advertised. Comfortable, roomy, no bars on the windows, a bit more "fresh"air, and it left on time. SO, we got to Hanoi with plenty of time to show josh his two key sites: the ho chi minh mausoleum, and the army museum. He has about 150 pictures of fallen plans, tanks, antiaircraft guns, so on and so forth. Again, propaganda abounds in these places... there was a French helmet full of bullet holes from Dien bien phu (the site of the final victory of the viet minh armies over the French) and the caption read, "evidence of the French failure." Yes, they aren't always sensitive to tourists. |
Right: The Red Zao women pulling out their goodies. The Red Zao women shave their hair way back from their foreheads and wear this fabric folded over and over on top of their heads.
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Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst
the pleasant grounds. : |
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Left: Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst the pleasant grounds. : |
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of a baby monkey who resides full time on the verdant grounds of Akbar's
tomb. Not a bad place to grow up... |
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Left: This
little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed in the village,
and this little piggy talked to his mother through a little hole in the
pen. ce to grow up... |
| Left:
Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst
the pleasant grounds. |
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Left: Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst the pleasant grounds. : |
| Right: A closeup
of a baby monkey who resides full time on the verdant grounds of Akbar's
tomb. Not a bad place to grow up... |
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Left: a water powered rice grinder. The water fills the cup until it can't support the weight. Then it releases the water and falls back to the ground... grinding the rice. : |
| Left: Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst the pleasant grounds. : | 
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A black hmong man walking with a specially devised pig carrier. Can
you see the pigs tail. : |
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Left: Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst the pleasant grounds. : |
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Left: Contemplating
life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst the pleasant
grounds. : Right: A closeup of a baby monkey who resides full time on the verdant grounds of Akbar's tomb. Not a bad place to grow up... |
| Right: A closeup
of a baby monkey who resides full time on the verdant grounds of Akbar's
tomb. Not a bad place to grow up... |
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Left:
Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst
the pleasant grounds. |
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Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst
the pleasant grounds. : |
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Left: Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst the pleasant grounds. : |
| Right:
A closeup of a baby monkey who resides full time on the verdant grounds
of Akbar's tomb. Not a bad place to grow up... |
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Left:
Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst
the pleasant grounds. |
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Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst
the pleasant grounds. : |
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Left: Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst the pleasant grounds. : |
| Right:
A closeup of a baby monkey who resides full time on the verdant grounds
of Akbar's tomb. Not a bad place to grow up... |
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Left:
Contemplating life no doubt, two gentlemen sit outside of the tomb amongst
the pleasant grounds.
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