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Vietnam: Missing HCMC

Written byPreetam Rai
Posted 25 July 2006 17:30 GMT

The final Word blogger is missing Ho Chi Minh City. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and whenever I leave that crazy mish-mash of pastel colours and incessant noise, I really have an urge to get back there. Seoul strikes me as ‘Seoul'less with very little atmopshere after living through the daily ‘heart on your sleeve’ attitude that pumps through Ho Chi Minh City.”

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