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A Viet Cong tank in front of the former Presidential Palace which fell to communist forces on April 30, 1975.
Paul atop the former Presidential Palace, note the US helicopter used to airlift South Vietnamese presidential staff on April 30, 1975.
In front of the assembly hall in the former Presidential Palace, now presided over by Uncle Ho and communist iconography
Sixties style in the former Presidential Palace
Tactical war room with maps dating from the 1970\'s
Communications bunker in the basement of the former Presidential Palace
Lounge for swinging sixties socializing in the former Presidential Palace.
Display of photos of the taking of the Presidential Palace at the end of the Vietnam War. Note the tanks crashing through the front gates, signaling the end of the Republic of Viet Nam.

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rio-de-janeiro-117 Rally to Restore Fear and/or Sanity Paul taking in the joss stick smoke at one of the many neighborhood ancestral temples in Hong Kong Helmets are now required in Vietnam, so street vendors oblige helmet seekers with an array of styles and colors The impressive salt pans of the Salineras near Maras, hundreds scatter downwards into the Sacred Valley The colonial Church of Santo Domingo built atop Qorikancha destroyed much of the Inca temple\'s grandeur A celebratory toast to celebrate completing the 18-kilometer trek through the Tapajós National Forest. There was always a good reason to drink cold cervejas in Alter do Chão. Waymarker A hearty caipira (country) meal in the home of a local family in Maguarí. We feasted on rice & beans, sautéed tomatoes, toasted manioc, bananas and a scrumptious fish caught just a couple hours before. Paul showing off the veggie hot pot at the Lien Hoa restaurant in Hué, perhaps our tastiest meal in all of Vietnam

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