The nature and purpose of conspiracy theories are obviously on our minds

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12. Before the pandemic it had also turned into quite the tourist destination.

I thought it would be mostly Vietnam vets (like Anderson) going back for closure, but it turns out it's a favorite among younger people as well. There are YouTube videos done by tourists in Saigan and Da Nang that are real eye openers.

Laos and Cambodia apparently have done less well. I saw a program a while back on intense motor journeys. Two women from Australia or New Zealand decided to drive from Vietnam into Laos down these incredible dirt roads and such. Along the way they saw how poor the people are, and also how much of their lives are still lived in the shadow of the war. People still risk their lives collecting unexploded bombs or the fragments of exploded ordnance to turn into candles and tools and various other items. It was very sad.