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My sturdy cyclo driver Thảo was in the Viet Cong during the Tết Offensive.
Giant manmade violet lotuses are displayed to celebrate Buddha's birthday at Huế.
The pool at the luxurious Metropole is right near the entrance way to the five …
A favorite Hanoi watering hole: The Bamboo Bar at the five star Metropole Hotel.
Gimme shelter: The rediscovered bunker at the Metropole Hotel where activist/actress Jane Fonda and folk …
Former pilot now Senator John McCain's flight suit is on display at the Hanoi Hilton, …
Young graduates at Hanoi's historic Imperial academy.
Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum in Hanoi.
A guillotine used by the French against political prisoners at the Hanoi Hilton.
Beautiful Halong Bay, part of the Gulf of Tonkin, where 50 years ago an incident …
The Emeraude surrounded by sampans at Halong Bay.
Kayakers explore Halong Bay.
Spelunking inside Halong Bay's Surprise Cave.
Boats at exquisite Halong Bay, which is in the Gulf of Tonkin, where an "incident" …
Peddler wearing nón lá (leaf hat) sells her wares on a sampan to Emeraude passengers …
1) Miraval's Pool; 2) Miraval's Spa Lobby; 3) Miraval Calming Hot Stones 4) Steve Case's …
The 17th century paintings by Hans Heinrich Wägmann inside of the covered Kapellbrücke depict Lucerne's …
A bust of the composer outside of the Richard Wagner Museum in Lucerne.
The exterior of Villa Tribschen, the Lucerne home of Richard Wagner, which is now a …
