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Old 12-13-17, 11:16 PM
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Bicycling the Ho Chi Minh trail:

'Bicycling the "Blood Road"' https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/o...inh-trail.html : a woman bicycles the Ho Chi Minh trail 48 years after her father died there.
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Old 12-13-17, 11:23 PM
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Thanks for the link
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Thank you for posting that. It was a quite remarkable story.
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Yes, the Lao people are understanding and forgiving. Years ago I knew French citizens who were there in "French Indochina". Glad to see the USA is supporting the Lao efforts at de-activating the still-dormant UXOs...
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A friend is there, Teaching Music, [MA in MuEd] he came back twice to bring his recumbents over with him.
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"Maybe not all who wander are lost. Maybe they are simply looking for what they have lost." Very moving story.
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Originally Posted by tmac100
Yes, the Lao people are understanding and forgiving. Years ago I knew French citizens who were there in "French Indochina". Glad to see the USA is supporting the Lao efforts at de-activating the still-dormant UXOs...
We should.
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