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10 Things I'll Miss About Vietnam

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Here I sit, in a mostly empty apartment in Singapore, waiting for the next batch of furniture to show up. It's glorious outside -- a bit overcast, but massive, ivy-covered trees block most of my view of the sky from the living room window. It's quiet, there's green all around, the air filtering in through the screen door feels just right and if I choose to take a shower (which I will, at some point, today), I can do so without feeling like I'm in a vertical MRI scanner; unlike our house in Saigon, these bathrooms have big rain showers, with plenty of room to maneuver. Despite all of that, I must admit: There are things I will miss about Vietnam. I spent 23 months in the darn place, and so it's natural -- natural that I would feel an attachment, natural that it would get under my skin a little. It's a filthy, crazy place. But maybe that's what's so great about it. It's different from what we Westerners have all grown up with. And that makes for a colo