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VIETNAM, SPIRIT OF INDOCHINA
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2. Everything is illegal and anything is possible.
  • It is illegal to own a motorbike larger than 125 cc.
  • It is forbidden to overnight anywhere other than an official government hotel but you can disappear for weeks at a time into the mountain sanctuaries of the tribal minorities.
  • You are not allowed to listen to Madonna but you can buy a highly endangered clouded leopard.