Friday, June 20, 2008

Phu Quoc is that Smell?

Phu Quoc, Vietnam.  A little teardrop shaped island off of southern Vietnam made famous during the "American War" for it's large "Re-Education Center".  The Sylvan Learning Institute for the wayward bourgeois, if you will.  

Phu Quoc Re-Education Center At-A-Glance Statistics:
Student Enrollment: 13,000 give or take (mostly take) comprising of approximately 55% educated middle class, 25% merchant capitalists; 15% high-browed academics; 5% filthy rich landowners
Academic Departments: Art of Persuasion (Mental and Physical)
Mechanical Engineering (Artillery only)
Chemical Engineering (Testing center only)
Biological Engineering (Testing center only)
Physical Re-education
Tuition: Reclaimed property
Mission Statement: We strive to enable our comrades to unlearn years of capitalistic greed through physical and mental persuasion.  

Today, Phu Quoc is only famous for its fish sauce, inflicting torture of a different kind on visitors. I personally love the pungent condiment; could bath in that shit. A British couple said Phu Quoc is what Phuket was 10 years ago: pristine white sand beaches so isolated that you want to find a volleyball and call it Wilson.

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