I’ve never witnessed a people with such reverence for smoking extremely potent tobacco out of a bamboo pipe.
However, once I learned how critical thuốc lào was to the daily life of those in Northern Vietnam, I had to partake. I made a deal that whenever Thun sat down for some thuốc lào, I had to join him.
Once I completed the challenge, I was crowned ‘The King of Thuốc Lào.’
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