St. Joseph Church

Trains, no plains, and automobiles

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July 22nd 2007
Over the past 5 days we have covered nearly 3000 km's by trains and automobiles. Starting in Qingdao we made our way down to Guanzhou. Down to Shenzhen. Back up to Guangzhou. Over to Nanning. Down to Pingxiang. Across the border, and finally to Hanoi. All in all our trip consisted of 49 hours of train, 4 hours of bus, and 30 mins of the good ol' Tuk - Tuk. Finally we can kick back and start to enj ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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