 Ba Vuong pours a mean brew of firewater, in her village long-house (above); A thatch-roofed raft serves both as a boat and a sun-shelter |
A serendipitous trip by motorbike, bus, bicycle, boat and on foot through the four southern provinces bordering Hanoi in northern Vietnam is a true voyage of discovery. The only thing that will slow down the traveller is the fear of constantly being plied with the local firewater, a brew that varies from mildly alcoholic to near-lethal.
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