Me sitting at the top of the mountain we climbed with part of Halong Bay in the background



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Vietnamese  Flag 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]
Blog: Hanoi, Hoi An, Hue, Ho Chi Minh and Ha long
Date: October 18th 2005

Hello from vietnam! have been here 14 days now and unfortunately have no more days left! Vietnam is an incredibly large country and I wish I had more time to explore it so i think I will have to come back one day! We arrived into Hanoi which is an incredibly large city and the first thing you notice after this is the traffic - one feature of vietnam is that the traffic is crazy! To cross the r ... read more







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