Word: hanoi
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...lyrics to make fun of himself and others. During the Vietnam War, the Republican composer wrote a new version of his anthem to tweak his left-wing friend, the lyricist E.Y. Harburg: "God bless America,/Land I enjoy,/ No discussions with Russians/ Till they stop sending arms to Hanoi." He also knew that, at the right moment, patriotism could sell songs...
...country in Asia? In these troubled times, few want to leave home. And many of those who do are avoiding the punishing, extreme adventure packages so popular in recent years. Instead, traumatized travelers are looking for the holiday equivalent of comfort food. And in Vietnam's overnight train from Hanoi to the northern town of Sapa, they've found it. The express, launched two years ago by the Paris-based Victoria hotel chain, is really three specially outfitted carriages added to the regular night train from Hanoi to the northern border town of Lao Cai. The journey is such...
...Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ranked it the region's safest haven out of 14 Asia-Pacific nations?safer even than Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia?the nation's travel industry was euphoric. "Whenever people talk about Vietnam, they talk about the war," says Lucien Blanchard, general manager of Hanoi's Sunway Hotel. "We want to change that view and help people to realize how safe it really is here...
...trains: Vietnam has one of the world's highest road-fatality rates. And, of course, most people have to fly in the first place to get to the comparative tranquillity of Vietnam. But for those who can muster the courage?or find a Valium?for a flight to Hanoi, the inner-peace train awaits...
...cathedral chambers housing great stalagmites bunched together like organ-pipes. Sheltered by the islands are fishermen's huts, pearl farms and even a primary school, all balanced on gently rocking rafts. From the shore these are overlooked by the more lavish weekend homes of the pearl-farm owners and Hanoi's growing middle class. But even the seaborne settlements of lashed sampans seem to have all they needed, from yapping guard-dogs to televisions. These are people at home...