
Exploring Vietnam by historical railway
Ruined by years of fighting and then reborn as the Reunification Express, Vietnam’s historic north-south railway line offers a unique way to see the countryside between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Ruined by years of fighting and then reborn as the Reunification Express, Vietnam’s historic north-south railway line offers a unique way to see the countryside between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
“The more dangerous the snake, the better the whisky.” That’s what a Vietnamese local tells me as she hands me the bottle, a cobra inside with a black scorpion’s tail in its jaws, as we sit on the banks of the Mekong Delta.
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