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looking face, carry a bag and [[underline]] change money. [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] They [[/strikethrough]] Many [[underline]] white helmetted Frenchmen [[/underline]] at pier.  [[underline]] Incomparably [[/underline]] more pleasant and less noisy crowd [[underline]] than [[/underline]] at [[underline]] Shanghai. [[/underline]] Men and women, Annamites, smaller and more graceful than Chinese. Ricksaw to [[underline]] Rotonde [[\underline]] situated near by. They have a room in the annex $8 piastes daily food included. Spacious room high ceilings, running water, [[underline]] no bath, [[/underline]] big bed with mosquito curtains, electric light & electric fan. [[underline]] Hotel Continental [[/underline]] near by [[strikethrough]] near [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] looks like [[/underline]] a large Parisian hotel and Restaurant. Rotonde similar but smaller. People sitting at tables on side-walk as in Paris. Streets well shaded by trees, straight
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and clean and lined with various shops. Pleasant impression as a city. but [[underline]] limited breeze feels hot. [[/underline]] Hotel Rotonde on [[strikethrough]] near [[/strikethrough]] the boulevard along Mekong; steamers to Pnom-Penh arrive there. Went to bank got 175 piastres for $100. International mostly passing travelers and foreigners At Rotonde mostly French officers and their family and functionnaires.  [[underline]] Atmosphere [[/underline]] more [[underline]] exclusively French, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] good food, good service. [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] Good [[/strikethrough]] Got excellent light French [[underline]] Champagne [[/underline]] (Tisane) at [[underline]] 75c [[/underline]] American per half bottle. Service done by Annamites. Quiet only head waiter understands [[strikethrough]] E [[/strikethrough]] French [[strikethrough]] or Eu [[/strikethrough]] Drove around Ricksaw pulled by [[strikethrough]] little A [[/strikethrough]] cheerful little