110 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coyote_Cosmico 4 Sep \ on: Do you have a plan C? bitcoin
I like where your head is at, very interesting ideas about leaving some kit spread around the world like that.
Just a note on Vietnam, I lived there for some years and while the people are fantastic, the government is heavy handed surveillance state.
There was no covid there during the height of lockdowns all over the world, life went on as normal for about 1 year as they closed the borders really early. It was great for a while, then covid started trickling in across porous northern border.
I remember being visited by police who rounded up all resident foreigners in Da Nang and had us report for the swabs as a group. They keep a record of where everyone is.
Then when covid finally did get in there the lockdowns were intense. As in not allowed to leave the house at all for several week periods, army guys would come and give you a ticket for 2 visits to market per week during 1-hour window.
I actually was jogging anyways during that time but got hassled by police a few times.
About 1 year later they kicked out 80% of foreigners. I wasn't there anymore but knew lots of long term residents, some with businesses, who had their lives turned upside down.
I love that place but just something to keep in mind if you are trying to "disappear" there, it's probably not the best spot for that.
I bet you could disappear in Laos though 🙂
Oh, you were there!
I'm well aware of what happened in Vietnam...
It is definitely not the place I'd bail to if the bioweapon demons get another scam going!
These two trips were short, and Vietnam was cheap, I'd been there once before only, and also it was at a time when things were really calm.
At a meetup that you might know about in Da Nang a young Vietnamese guy who seemed to know his stuff told me that people were extremely pissed off not only by the harshness, but also that a lot of people at the top made obscene amounts on the whole thing. He claimed that another round would not be possible, people would actually rise up...
I had a relatively good time myself, on tiny, rural roads right outside a large city, going to the river on my motorbike even when everyone were totally insane :-)
And if it all happens again? Better chose the right spot, I myself will not tolerate any of the BS any longer, so gotta be somewhere that I won't be cornered...
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