Richie

The Tram Ton Pass: Crowded bus, we hardly knew ye

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August 6th 2007
Aside from the usual broken-down palace warnings, I remember my father giving me one piece of advice before the crowds of Southeast Asia: Don't Rent a Motorbike in Vietnam. To be fair he was probably talking about a place like Hanoi - a largely unremarkable city save maybe the heat and the constant streams of weaving motorbikes they call normal traffic. Good advice, I think. This traffic serious ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest

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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