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June 15th, 2006, 06:27
Put this down to pure ignorance, but I never knew before (did you folks?) that Vietnam has a`population of 20 million more than Thailand?
Why did I not know this? Did I never bother to "look it up"? Perhaps I just assumed bombing Vietnam back into the stone age (quote: McNamara? Johnson?) back in the 60's & 70's succeeded and after that never gave thought to Vietnam again.
Thailand: approx 65,000,000
Vietnam: approx 84,000,000
A minor ignorance, yet telling. Adds fuel to the wanderlust and pushes me to visit Vietnam (without Sur(f)crest, I assure you :blackeye: ... but I enjoyed his photo album featuring Vietnam nonetheless) when I finally make it to Thailand 'somewhat' permanently in 2007.
Cheers ...
Why did I not know this? Did I never bother to "look it up"? Perhaps I just assumed bombing Vietnam back into the stone age (quote: McNamara? Johnson?) back in the 60's & 70's succeeded and after that never gave thought to Vietnam again.
Thailand: approx 65,000,000
Vietnam: approx 84,000,000
A minor ignorance, yet telling. Adds fuel to the wanderlust and pushes me to visit Vietnam (without Sur(f)crest, I assure you :blackeye: ... but I enjoyed his photo album featuring Vietnam nonetheless) when I finally make it to Thailand 'somewhat' permanently in 2007.
Cheers ...