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In this postmodern age, original content is a scarce commodity. Taste, preferences, and top 10 charts are the results of the negotiation between the market and the artist. I'm interested in culture high and low everywhere. These days, being cultured is cheap: it just takes a little time.

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How to travel 1000km in 14 hours?


Night train of course! Lock your bags, rest easy in the sleeper class and enjoy the train ride through the mountains. There's something extremely nostalgic and romantic about being on a train: the whistle at the station, the ka-conk ka-conk of the wheels hitting the rail and softly rocking you to sleep, the passing of beautiful landscape for hours on end.

The main plus of being on a long haul train in Vietnam, is that there is pho in the food compartment. Oh pho! (and it wasn't bad). I'm on my way to Hoi Ann, a small coastal town in central Vietnam on a tip that it is one of the most enchanting places the happy middle has to offer.

This entry was posted by cheapculture, on Sunday, October 28, 2007. You can leave your response.

  1. Blogger Walter | 2:34 AM |  

    Bourree!

    I was shocked to find your blog when I was browsing blogs on PP in english! I made an identical SE Asia trip (Bangkok to Hanoi) maybe two months ago. I'm so glad you also found PP to be a ballin' city! And that you also took the unbearably slow train up Vietnam. If you're ever in SF, I'd love to talk about your trip!

    -Walter

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