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Vietnam reunion. 2022

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Vietnam Map and Trip overview : I had an opportunity to visit Vietnam recently. My desire to see a new country, with rich history, got the needed impetus from my college reunion in Hanoi. I have many friends and colleagues from Vietnam so I was somewhat familiar with Vietnam. San Jose has the highest population of  Vietnamese origin people outside Vietnam, and has its own "Little Saigon", so it was wonderful to see it up, close and personal.   I left for Vietnam on Thursday Dec 15 , and landed in Hanoi airport late evening on Dec 16.   Vietnam Trip Overview Day 1  (Dec 16) - Day trip from Hanoi to Ninh Binh Gift shop on the way Bai Dinh Pagoda : Trang An river boat ride and caves: Night Life in Hanoi Day 2 and 3   (Dec 17/18) - Night stay on a Cruise Ship in Halong Bay and reunion grand Finale Our gratitude goes to Amita and Rohit Verma, who were the host and organizers of the reunion. Rohit, a professor at Cornell University, took a 3 year special ass...