Ban Hai River

South Vietnam

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May 27th 2007
Hanoi Arriving back into Hanoi station at 5am meant we got a peek of what it looks like when it is calm and collected, without a trizilion motorbikes everywhere. We crashed at a hotel for a few hours before crowding the two of us onto the back of a xe om (moped ‘taxi’) to take a look at the mummified corpse of Ho Chi Minh that is kept in a glass coffin in the Mausoleum. Unfort ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast

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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