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January 21, 2009
Hanoi, city of confusion. Two hotels, both with English and Vietnamese names. One name is already bad enough to explain to a taxi driver, let alone two. Take Tu Do hotel for example. Both Tu and Do can be pronounced in six different ways and only one is right. Any other sound will not be understood.
Sounds like a chance of 1 out of 627 to end up in the correct hotel.