One Pillar Pagoda

One month in Nam!

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December 11th 2005
Hanoi: Hanoi is a charming city that mixes the old with the new. It lacks the cosmopolitan air of Saigon but it's hectic narrow streets provide good opportunities to shop, or enjoy a coffee or vietnamese tea in a cafe bar whilst watching the buzz outside. Women in pointy bamboo vietnamese syle hats joke with you whilst they carry goods on two large baskets on a both ends of long stick. Old men wi ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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