A conversation between a northerner and a southerner and a few bullet points

A: Saigon is the old name.

Z: Saigon is the famous name.

A: But, Ho Chi Minh City is the official name.

Z: It's used for maps.

N: But what do you call it.

A: Ho Chi Minh City.

Z: I call it Saigon.

A: You do?!

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+ Lately I've been craving things like Lays Potato chips and rock n roll.

+ Vietnamese coffee is delicious and will take the enamel off your teeth.

+ Vietnam is not expensive.

+ Unless you actually want to do things and buy things.

+ And I do.

+ I ate a scorpion. It tasted like damp dust in a soft paper shell.