Word: indochina
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...last great Vietnam demonstration happened, I’m pretty sure, in the fall of 1973—my one and only chance to chant anti-American slogans in a huge mob marching down Commonwealth Avenue. Given that Congress had voted to stop all bombing in Indochina three months earlier, it felt like nostalgic playacting even at the time, a wishful last-ditch attempt to live the glamorous New Left undergraduate life of our formed-in-the-60s adolescent imaginations...
...last great Vietnam demonstration happened, I’m pretty sure, in the fall of 1973—my one and only chance to chant anti-American slogans in a huge mob marching down Commonwealth Avenue. Given that Congress had voted to stop all bombing in Indochina three months earlier, it felt like nostalgic playacting even at the time, a wishful last-ditch attempt to live the glamorous New Left undergraduate life of our formed-in-the-60s adolescent imaginations...
...Travers returned to Paris, where it became clear that her relationship with Koenig would have to end. Brokenhearted, she decided to officially apply for enlistment in the Legion, breaking a 144-year-old rule banning women from its ranks. Travers then left for Indochina: "What I desperately wanted, more than anything, was to stay with the Legion, my adopted family, the people with whom I felt most at home." The Legionnaires dubbed her La Miss, a token of their respect and affection and, in 1956, Travers was awarded the Legion's highest honor for her courage at Bir Hakeim...
While Westerners may be outraged to be charged anything but local prices, Japanese are overjoyed to find costs, however inflated, are still lower than at home. Jonathan Hepfner, assistant editor of the monthly magazine Thailand Indochina Traveller, says: "Most Western tourists would be pretty angry if they were herded into specific shops and pushed to buy things. The Japanese actually demand it." Hard-bargaining nationalities may be banned, even ejected, when the Japanese arrive. Adds the Bangkok guests relations coordinator: "When it comes to cheating, scamming and overcharging, the Japanese really get creamed...
...fighting and political concerns that kept outsiders away for so long also acted as a kind of bell jar. River life has changed little since the Mekong was a major artery of French Indochina, when mustachioed messieurs shot crocodiles from steamboats while mademoiselles sipped fine wines and snacked on tinned delicacies. The journey begins in Phnom Penh, a city of wide boulevards where the Mekong meets the Tonle Sap River. The first leg starts at dawn?a six-hour ride upriver on a modern ferry to the town of Kratie. For the best views, pick a spot on the roof...