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White Nights with the White Thai

Posted on Wednesday July 30th, 2008 at 22:58 in asia, rural, vietnam, southeast asia, homestay, hanoi, eco tourism, dien bien phu, mai chau, white thai

Philip Game shares a glimpse of rural life in northern Vietnam. Unlike their mother, Ba Vuong's five daughters never need submit to the ordeal of teeth blackening. The White Thai matriarch seems sanguine about the past as she tallies the dollars flow...