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Walking Hanoi (part 1) - Chris Arnade walks the world

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Generosity, happiness, and spiritual emptiness

Walking Hanoi (part 1) Generosity, happiness, and spiritual emptiness Chris Arnade Jun 24, 2022 239 68 17 Share The airport bus swung three lanes over, beeping the entire time, slammed on the brakes, shoosh-ed me off onto a median with shouts of “here here here!”, then swerved back, rejoining the five lanes of beeping mopeds, bikes, cars, and other buses. The bus shelter, a concrete slab in a strip of mud, had no walk light, no crossing strip, no anything to help me get off the island, so I did what I saw others do, including 80 yr olds with canes and pre-teens with heavy backpacks, which was

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