Chicken feet and ear wax removal

Any guide book that tells you Dien Bien Phu isn't worth at least a day or two of exploration is a sham. This town is beautiful and full of friendly outgoing people. On our first evening here Nathan was having women approach him with their babies to have them rub his beard and giggle. I'm trying to convince him to indulge in a strange barbershop experience we've been seeing everywhere we walk: in addition to shaving your beard with a straight blade the barber will clean your ears out with metal scraping tools. I'm a little scared to try it myself. We ordered lunch after a morning of walking throuh the museum at a local spot advertising pho... They were out of pho, (a delicious noodle soup) but had some fried chicken. Our plate had deep fried bits of low meat content chicken parts. The chicken bit most interesting to eat was the foot. Chicken callus is better than you might imagine. I don't think I'll make ordering it a habit, but once was good.
Dien Bien Phu is a town with an incredible history. In 1954 the Vietnamese won their independence from the French with a decisive battle here. We scooted throuh the trenches and bunker tunnels this afternoon. We have made the decision to hop on a bus tomorrow for Hanoi. It will be tough to hit the big city after getting used to the cost of living out here...our last pitcher of beer ran us a dollar. Vietnam is so far the best value for our money. I'm not a lush, for those of you concerned by my use of beer as an indicator.. It just happens to be something we sample in each location.