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50/50 Stuck!

We got held at the Chinese border into Vietnam because our visas had switched photos.

from YouTube on Sun, Feb 17 2008

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21 Sep 07 visit China - Vietnam War 1979 ( Battle of Cao Bang)  »  YouTube videoRare footage of the Chinese attack on the highlands of North Vietnam. Includes scenes of female Vietnamese soldiers captured by the Chinese. This war started as a result of Vietnam's attack on Cambodia over a border dispute. At the same time, Vietnam...
07 May 07 visit Out-take Vietnam - Motorbiking for the border  »  YouTube videoDoug can't resist talking even when on the back of a motorbike and heading for the Chinese Border - Kunming Baby!
19 Dec 07 visit Shirley And The Vice President at Lao Cai  »  YouTube videoAt Lao Cai on the Chinese border, the Vice President of Vietnam called Shirley over for photos and a conversation.
02 May 08 visit Multiple Entry Chinese Visas Being Canceled at Border.  »  All Roads In yet another chapter of the visa saga, it appears that we are now seeing where immigration officers at the border are turning multiple entry visas. According to the email I received: But yesterday and today it seems that when they arrived into the...
09 Jun 08 visit China-Vietnam Dragon Boat Invitation Tournament opens in border city  »  People's Daily The 5th China-Vietnam Dragon Boat Invitation Tournament was held in Fangchenggang, a city in China-Vietnam border areas, on Sunday. A total of 16 dragon boats from China and Vietnam participated in the race. At the beginning ...
31 Dec 08 visit Chinese soldiers nearly done with landmine sweeping on Sino-Vietnam border  »  People's Daily A team of Chinese soldiers is about to complete its third landmine sweeping mission on the Sino-Vietnam border, aiming to meet the 2008 deadline for border demarcation agreed upon by both countries in 2005, said Lt. Col. Fu Xiutang. When the...

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