No Mans Land

Cloud City

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March 31st 2007
Aparantly dark haired dog tastes better than light haired dog!The last few days have been pretty relaxed after a hectic 3 weeks in China. Sapa is a lovely little mountain village in the North West of Vietnam, not far from the border with Laos (pronounced to rhyme with how - silent s). The tallest mountain in Vietnam, Fanxipan, is just up the road and there are tours that hike up itin 3 days (we op ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more